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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Withholding

Article L722-12

…authorised to use a geographical indication or the body for the defence of geographical indications may, at their request or at the request of the customs administration, inspect the goods detained. W…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Allocation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article D3324-12

The amount of rights that may be allocated to any one employee may not, for any one financial year, exceed a sum equal to three quarters of the ceiling provided for in Article D. 3324-10.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Liability for defective products

Article 1245-3

A product is defective within the meaning of this chapter when it does not offer the safety which may legitimately be expected.In assessing the safety which may legitimately be expected, account must…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3142-129

In order to implement an employee's entitlement to the leave referred to in Article L. 3142-125, a collective agreement determines : 1° The maximum duration of the leave or period of part-time work; 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons authorised to canvass.

Article D341-12

The information contained in the direct seller file is as follows:1° The direct seller's registration number;2° The name, surname, first names, date and place of birth of the direct seller, natural pe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Availability of beneficiaries' rights

Article R3313-12

…ular to : 1° The sums allocated under the profit-sharing scheme; 2° The amount that the beneficiary may request to be paid out; 3° The time limit within which the beneficiary may make his request; 4°…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conference of conciliators

Article R141-12

…duration of the Olympiad. This election takes place by secret ballot. The Conciliators' Conference may validly deliberate if at least half of its members are present. If this quorum is not reached, a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-12

No performance study may be carried out on a deceased person in a state of brain death without his or her consent expressed during his or her lifetime or through the testimony of his or her family. Ho…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-12

…president of the court of appeal, the Conseiller de la Mise en Condition or the bench, as the case may be.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Consultation of the file and issue of copies

Article 1222-1

At any time during the proceedings, the file may be consulted at the clerk's office of the court holding it, upon written request and without any restriction other than the needs of the service, by th…

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