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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-38

…lication for inclusion on the list of persons mentioned in article R. 811-27 is examined in accordance with the procedures set out in articles R. 811-29 and R. 811-31 to R. 811-35.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Interested in fraud.

Article 399

1. Anyone who has participated as an interested party in any way in the offences provided for in articles 414, 414-2 and 415 shall be liable to the same penalties as the perpetrators of the offence an…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Provisions relating to sports betting bans

Article R131-37

…isions of articles L. 131-16 and L. 131-16-1, the delegating federations may implement automated processing of personal data relating to the participants in these competitions.The purpose of this proc…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Provisions relating to sports betting bans

Article R131-38

The processing authorised by article R. 131-37 may concern categories of personal data relating to:1° The identity of the person subject to the betting ban provided for in c) of article L. 131-16 (sur…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Provisions relating to sports betting bans

Article R131-39

…aforementioned Act of 6 January 1978, the delegating federation responsible for authorised data processing shall send the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, prior to its implemen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Obligation to provide information on share buy-backs

Article L451-3

…d Commission Directives 2003/124/EC, 2003/125/EC and 2004/72/EC or the provisions of a market practice accepted by the Autorité des marchés financiers pursuant to Article 13 of the same Regulation.II.…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R612-36

…he description, claims or drawings, the rectification shall only be authorised if it is obviously necessary, as no other text or layout could clearly have been considered by the applicant. The request…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R612-37

…as revealed irregularities, the description, claims or drawings may only be amended to the extent necessary to remedy the irregularities found.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R612-39

…21, or at any time before the expiry of that period at the written request of the applicant, a notice shall be published in the Bulletin officiel de la propriété industrielle that the patent applicat…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R612-38

…its withdrawal may only be made if it is requested by all of them. If rights in rem, pledges or licences have been entered in the National Patent Register, the declaration of withdrawal shall be adm…

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