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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article R422-54

The industrial property attorney: 1° Refrains in the same case from advising, assisting or representing clients with opposing interests; he also refrains from accepting a new case if the secrecy of in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General conditions for the application of Books I to VI in overseas France

Article L711-5

For the application of the provisions of Books I to VI of this Code in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations in this Book : 1° References to the provisions of the Civil Code,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Creation and communication of documents and information relating to the presence of asbestos

Article R1334-29-5

I. - The owners referred to in articles R. 1334-17 and R. 1334-18 must compile and keep a file entitled "asbestos technical file" containing the following information and documents:1° Reports on the l…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation and operation

Article D4632-5

The employment adviser is appointed and retained by agreement, depending on the case, between the employer and the social and economic committee or between the employers and the inter-company committe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 9: Non-medical temporary accommodation benefit

Article R6111-51

The temporary non-medical accommodation service may be provided by the health care organisation or may be delegated to a third party under an agreement. The delegated third party, chosen by the health…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Forms of presentation and labelling

Article R412-5

When foodstuffs are not pre-packaged, the indication and, where appropriate, the letter "L" appear on the packaging or container or, failing this, on the commercial documents referring to them. In all…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedures for collecting identity and non-identifying data

Article R2143-5

I.-The doctor from the health organisation or establishment mentioned in the third paragraph of Article L. 2142-1 collects the identity and non-identifying data, mentioned in I of Article L. 2143-3, f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article D571-5

The request for the issue of the bulletin and the response from the criminal record are made via the following administrative authorities: 1° The director of the inter-ministerial departmental directo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Micro-enterprise scheme

Article 50-0

1. For the taxation of their profits, companies whose turnover excluding tax, adjusted if necessary in proportion to the operating time during the reference year, does not exceed, in the previous cale…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 2: Delivery of the summons to pay in the event of seizure to the third party purchaser

Article R321-5

The pursuing creditor shall serve a summons to pay on the principal debtor. The document shall state that the summons to pay valid as a seizure provided for in the following paragraph shall be issued…

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