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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R5315-3

…d the Managing Director ; 2° Business development plans, measures to promote integration and qualifications and to support the promotion and mobility of people, whether or not they are in employment;…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Mandates and their execution

Article 134

…st or a European arrest warrant.He may be accompanied by sufficient force to ensure that the person cannot evade the law. The force shall be taken from the place nearest to where the warrant is to be…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: State diploma in youth, popular education and sport

Article D212-36

The diplôme d'Etat de la jeunesse, de l'éducation populaire et du sport (state diploma in youth, popular education and sport) is awarded for the speciality of "sports development" or for the specialit…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article L612-13

From the day on which the application is filed and until the day on which the documentary search prior to the report provided for in Article L. 612-14 has been commenced, the applicant may file new cl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article L612-23

…anises off-site and on-site inspections. The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall carry out inspections relating to the provisions of the Consumer Code without prejudice to the power…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-33

…es R. 422-28 et R. 422-29. If, on expiry of this period, no assignment has taken place, it shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of article 19, third paragraph, of the law of 29 Novem…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article R714-1

…1 shall apply to the renunciation.In the event of non-compliance of the declaration, reasoned notification shall be given to the applicant. The applicant is given a period in which to rectify the decl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L5125-25

Pharmacists or their agents are prohibited from soliciting orders from the public. It is forbidden for pharmacists to receive orders for medicinal products and other products or objects mentioned in a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial remedies to guarantee the right to respect for dignity in detention

Article R249-34

…hout it being required to proceed with the debate provided for by the article 712-6. If the measure can only be granted following an expert appraisal pursuant to article 712-21, the judge shall order…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: National Consumer Institute

Article R822-32

…onal Consumer Institute to appoint staff from the joint services defined in Article R. 822-12 or to call upon, with the agreement of the Minister concerned, category A civil servants or State contract…

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