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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Jurisdictional rules

Article L716-5

I.-The following may only be brought before the Institut national de la propriété industrielle: 1° Applications for a declaration of invalidity based exclusively on one or more of the grounds listed i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Labelling of tattoo products.

Article R513-10-5

…o fulfil its initial function and in particular remains compliant with the provisions of article L. 513-10-4. The date of maximum durability is indicated by the words: "To be used before the end of",…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Governance of the plan

Article R144-5

…mittee for each plan subscribed, subject to the case mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 144-13 ; 2° Organising consultations with members; 3° Providing secretarial services and financing f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2371-5

The provisions for the application of this Title relating to the procedure applicable to disputes and the information sent to the labour inspectorate in the event of the formation of the company resul…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Forms

Article L511-54

No act on the part of the bearer of the bill of exchange may replace the act of protest, except in the cases provided for by articles L. 511-32 to L. 511-37 and by articles L. 511-40 and L. 511-41.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article D444-5

…f this book in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in Article D. 422-13, the reference to Article L. 422-14 is deleted.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Other provisions.

Article L662-5

Funds held by trustees under receivership or liquidation proceedings governed by the loi n° 67-563 du 13 juillet 1967 sur le règlement judiciaire, la liquidation des biens, la faillite personnelle et…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Automatic provisional enforcement

Article 514-3

In the event of an appeal, the matter may be referred to the first president in order to halt the provisional enforcement of the decision where there is a serious plea for annulment or reversal and en…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Decision on recognition and enforcement and enforcement and appeals.

Article 728-54

Where, in exceptional cases, the final decision on the recognition and enforcement of the sentence cannot be taken within ninety days of receipt of the sentencing decision and the certificate, the pub…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 6: Judgement

Article R532-58

…erial error or omission that is not likely to have had an influence on the judgment of the case, he may, by order made within one month of notification to the parties, make the corrections that reason…

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