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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the Court of Appeal against decisions of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-24

On pain of inadmissibility raised automatically, the procedural documents shall be submitted to the court by electronic means. Where this cannot be the case, for a reason unrelated to the person compl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Conversion of the société européenne into a société anonyme.

Article R229-24

…posed transformation of the société européenne, provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 229-10, is the subject of a notice inserted in a medium authorised to receive legal announcements in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Maintenance and quality control obligations

Article R5212-24

The Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé submits to its control a sample of each batch of the substance which, if used separately from the medical device in which it is…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3 : Conversion into a grant of part of the advances granted to finance the initial installation of digital projection equipment in cinemas

Article 916-24

…tertainment establishments under the scheme provided for in articles 19-1 and 19-2 of decree no. 98-750 of 24 August 1998 relating to financial support for the showing of certain cinematographic works…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules governing the devolution of surnames and customary names

Article 311-24-2

…of legal age may use one of the names provided for in the first and last paragraphs of article 311-21. With regard to minor children, this option is exercised by both parents exercising parental auth…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Production approval

Article 211-51

When investment approval has been granted and sums have been invested by production companies for the production and, where applicable, the preparation of feature-length cinematographic works, product…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Validation of the agreement

Article R15-33-60-4

At the end of the hearing referred to in the ninth paragraph of Article 41-1-2, the order of the president of the court is immediately notified to the legal representatives of the legal entity and, wh…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII: System applicable to investment gold.

Article 298 sexdecies B

…ded for industrial use may, as an option, make each supply of gold referred to in a of 2 of Article 298 sexdecies A to another taxable person.3. Taxable persons acting in the name and on behalf of ano…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-4-6

…nce or capitalisation contract, under the conditions provided for in I of article 3 of order no. 2014-696 of 26 June 2014 and its application procedures, are stated in the document formalising the ini…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Examination of applications for plant variety certificates.

Article R623-21

…ermines the terms and conditions of the examination. By application of the provisions of Article L. 623-12, it may decide not to carry out a prior examination if it is clear from the French or foreign…

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