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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Exceptions for text and data mining

Article R122-25

The institutions mentioned in II of article L. 122-5-3 shall provide copyright holders, at their request, with all documents and evidence, in particular the clauses of the agreements mentioned in II o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-24

…23 shall be released if, within a period of thirty days from the date of his arrest, where this was carried out at the request of the competent authorities of the requesting State, the French Governme…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article R613-44-8

The period referred to in the last paragraph of Article L. 613-23-2 shall be four months. The date of the end of the investigation phase referred to in the same paragraph is notified without delay to…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article R613-60

…person or any administrative authority. Documents not mentioned in the search report which the applicant wishes to be taken into consideration may be attached to the request. If they are written in a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article L2511-32

…an authority of the State are subject to the same rules as the acts of the mayor acting in the same capacity. The acts of the borough mayor acting on behalf of the municipality are subject to the same…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and central counterparties

Article L613-74

I.-Articles L. 211-36-1 to L. 211-38 do not prevent the application of measures imposed pursuant to Title V, Chapter III, Section 3 and Chapter IV of Regulation (EU) 2021/23. II - Articles L. 211-36-1…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article R221-4

…rs' meetings are certified by a single manager. During the liquidation of the company, their certification shall be carried out by a single liquidator.The certification may be carried out by means of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Information on public water supplies

Article D1321-105

When, by any means whatsoever, the results of analyses carried out as part of the monitoring provided for in article R. 1321-23 are made available to the public, every measure must be taken to ensure…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Designation procedures

Article R23-112-15

…t, which has final jurisdiction.Disputes are referred to the court by means of a petition. The application is admissible only if it is made within fifteen days of the publication provided for in artic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Duty to comply

Article R752-44-5

…le L. 752-23 is published in the prefecture's recueil des actes administratifs. It bears an identification number, to which the date of issue of the authorisation is added, and the full identity and a…

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