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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article L713-5

The use in the course of trade, for goods or services, not authorised by the proprietor of a well-known trade mark within the meaning of Article 6 bis of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Ind…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions relating to the supervision of practice

Article A322-50

Supervision takes place from or near a suitable boat. The supervisor must be equipped with: 1° Personal buoyancy equipment with a performance level of at least 50N; 2° Closed shoes; 3° For river activ…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation

Article R121-5

The Board of Directors of the French Office for Immigration and Integration comprises, in addition to its Chairman and two Members of Parliament appointed one by the National Assembly and the other by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Lifelong vocational guidance

Article L6111-5

On the basis of quality standards drawn up by the region on the basis of specifications that it adopts, organisations may be recognised as participating in the regional public lifelong guidance servic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Prior authorisation

Article R5223-5

Applications for authorisation to advertise the in vitro diagnostic medical devices referred to in Article L. 5223-3 must be sent to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicam…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts

Article R4321-5

On medical prescription, the masseur-physiotherapist is authorised to take part in the following re-education treatments: 1° Re-education involving a system or appliance: a) Orthopaedic re-education ;…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: Housing concessions granted to civil servants

Article R114-55

The granting of accommodation based on absolute necessity of service or the precarious occupancy agreement with or without standby duty terminates in the event of the alienation, reallocation or aband…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Budgetary control

Article A211-59

The management reports referred to in the second paragraph of article 223 of decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budget and accounting management shall be sent to the budget controller a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Relations between the liquidator and the guarantee fund

Article R421-53

The liquidator appointed by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution in application of articles L. 326-1 and L. 326-2, or by the competent authorities of the home state of an insurance und…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article D224-53

At the entrance to the premises where the public is received to make a request for maintenance or repair, the professional, mentioned in Article L. 224-111, informs the consumer of the possibility of…

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