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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Collective management bodies

Article R321-1

Collective management organisations established outside the European Union that manage exploitation rights in France for works or other protected objects are subject to the provisions of article R. 32…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article R712-3-1

Goods and services shall be designated with sufficient clarity and precision to enable any person to determine, on that basis alone, the scope of protection.Goods and services shall be classified in a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to samples taken for the purposes of investigating offences

Article R512-9-1

The provisions of Article 35 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities to ensure compliance with foo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1791

I. - Subject to the special provisions set out in the following articles, any infringement of the provisions of Title III of Part One of Book I, and of the laws governing indirect taxes, as well as th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Allowances for holders of regional mandates.

Article L4135-16

The maximum allowances voted by the regional councils for the actual performance of the duties of regional councillor are determined by applying to the reference term mentioned in article L. 4135-15 t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Declarations of amending or supplementary registration.

Article R123-45

Any modification making it necessary to rectify or add to the statements provided for in articles R. 123-37, R. 123-38, R. 123-42 and R. 123-44 shall, within one month, be the subject of an applicatio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D2

Within the jurisdiction of each court of appeal, judicial police officers are equal before the law in prerogative and responsibility; they are placed under the supervision of the public prosecutor and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Trial of offences

Article D45-28

Where the Public Prosecutor decides, of his own motion or at the request of the accused, to use the procedure of appearance on prior recognition of guilt on appeal pursuant to the last paragraph of Ar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judgment

Article D45-2-2

Where the total term of imprisonment, including any revocation of a suspended sentence, is more than one year, the criminal court which does not issue a warrant for arrest or detention pursuant to Art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The company pension savings plan

Article D224-12

The costs that must be borne by the employer pursuant to article L. 224-15 are : 1° Where the collective company pension savings plan gives rise to the opening of a securities account: recurring charg…

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