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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional obligations

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 Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional obligations

Article R422-53

The industrial property attorney shall refrain from any canvassing and advertising not authorised under the conditions provided for in article R. 423-2. He draws up an indicative scale of the amount o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Restoration proceedings

Article R613-52

The restoration remedies provided for in articles L. 612-16 and L. 612-16-1 shall be submitted to the Director General of the Institute by the holder of the deposit, who must be the holder entered in…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 4: Repatriation guarantees

Article R313-5

In particular, the following are considered to be documents relating to repatriation guarantees:1° Sea, rail, road or air tickets valid for return to the country of habitual residence and whose bearer…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Mobility vouchers

Article L3261-5

The payment referred to in articles L. 3261-3 and L. 3261-3-1 may take the form of a specific, dematerialised, prepaid payment solution called a "titre-mobilité". These vouchers are issued by a specia…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Individual employers.

Article L6331-58

The contribution provided for in Article L. 6331-57 is calculated on the basis adopted in application of : 1° For domestic employees,article L. 133-7 of the Social Security Code ; 2° For maternal assi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Individual employers.

Article L6331-59

The contribution is collected and audited by the bodies responsible for collecting social security and family allowance contributions at the same time as the social security contributions due on remun…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Individual employers.

Article L6331-57

Individual employers employing one or more of the following are liable to pay a contribution to the development of continuing vocational training equal to 0.15% of remuneration for the reference year:…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Equity securities.

Article R228-55

A company may repurchase on a regulated market the redeemable shares it has issued in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in articles R. 225-159 and R. 225-160. These shares are sold with…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Equity securities.

Article R228-51

The company issuing participating securities shall make public, before the opening of their subscription by the public, the terms and conditions of the issue, in accordance with the procedures set out…

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