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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-29

Where the second paragraph of Article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 311-89

For final authorisation, the application must be submitted no later than four months after completion of the work. This deadline is extended to six months when the final cost of the work must be certi…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Retention period

Article R2191-33

The amount of the guarantee deduction may not exceed 5% of the initial amount of the contract plus, where applicable, the amount of any amendments made during performance. For public contracts entered…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-48

If recourse is exercised after partial acceptance, the person who reimburses the sum for which the letter was not accepted may require that this reimbursement be mentioned on the letter and that he be…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Management of copyright and related rights by an organisation

Article R324-7

The duration of the mediation may not exceed three months from the date of receipt of the joint request or the date of the last notice of receipt in the case provided for in the last paragraph of the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-47

The partner of a private practice company set up to practise the profession of industrial property attorney may be excluded from it in the event of a final disciplinary sanction having the effect of t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Legal proceedings

Article R615-26

In the event of a request from the party who has not referred the matter to the commission or of the consolidation of several requests relating to the same invention, the six-month period within which…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Actions in the collective interest of consumers

Article L621-4

In the event that the criminal court attaches a penalty to the adjournment, it shall specify the rate of the penalty and the date from which it begins to run.The adjournment, which may only occur once…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Mortgages

Article D313-29

The indemnity provided for in article L. 313-60 in the event of default by the lessee in the performance of hire-purchase contracts or leases accompanied by a promise to sell may not exceed 2% of the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Group action

Article R623-33

The substitution entails the transfer of the mandate given by the consumers to the substituted association.The defaulting association shall hand over the documents as well as the funds held, where app…

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