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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Registrations and amending registrations carried out ex officio

Article R123-300

For proceedings opened on or after 1 January 2006, the following information is not made available to the public: 1° Judgements handed down in safeguard proceedings in the event of closure of the proc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-9

From the time the matter is referred to the Regional Audit Chamber and until the procedure provided for in Article L. 1612-5 has been completed, the deliberative body may not take a decision on budget…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 17: Recovery methods

Article R412-33

…'article 18, de l'article 19, des paragraphes 1 et 2 de l'article 20, Article 23(1) to (4), Article 24(1) and (2), Article 25(1) and (2), Article 27(5), Article 28(1), Article 29(1), Article 32(1) and…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Book III: Companies.

Article L300-2

…50, 56, 75, 86, 92, 97, 99, 109a, 111, 114, 127, 130, 135, 143, 172, 210, 211, 216, 217, 227, 234, 241, 244, 245, 247, 248, 256, 258 and 260 of Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Transfer and loss of trademark rights

Article L714-8

Owners of trade marks reproducing or imitating the emblem of the Third Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rejection of the application

Article R612-49

If the patent application is likely to be rejected for one of the cases provided for in Article L. 612-12 (4°, 5°, 6° and 8°), the applicant is notified of the decision and the reasons for it. The not…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions for legal entities.

Article L4741-13

Subject to the provisions of the second paragraph, fines imposed in application of article L. 4741-12 may not result in the termination or suspension of the employment contract or in any financial los…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Operating conditions

Article L5125-10

Notwithstanding articles L. 5125-4, L. 5125-11, L. 5125-3, L. 5125-12 and L. 5125-18, any opening or acquisition by a mutual society or union of mutual societies of an existing pharmacy and any transf…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Professional recovery

Article R645-4

The judgment ruling on the request to open the professional recovery procedure is notified by the registrar to the debtor by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the debtor within eigh…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article D6262-2

When a budgetary decision or an administrative account is referred to the territorial audit chamber by the representative of the State, the period within which it may formulate proposals runs from rec…

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