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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Drawing up the research report

Article R612-64

…ties to file, in writing, his observations in response or a new drafting of the claims. This period may be renewed once at the request of the applicant.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Professional equality plan

Article D1143-6

The Regional Director for Business, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment may object to the professional equality plan, pursuant to Article L. 1143-3. He will issue a written and reasoned op…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Arrest and surrender

Article 627-14

…who has been provisionally arrested under the conditions provided for in Article 92 of the Statute may, if he or she consents, be surrendered to the International Criminal Court before the competent…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-10

…brought before the territorially competent public prosecutor within forty-eight hours. The articles 63-1 to 63-7 are applicable during this period. After verifying the identity of the person claimed,…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Allocation of sums held in the automatic video editing account

Article 611-14

Sums held in the automatic video publishing account may be invested: 1° To acquire the video publishing rights to long-term cinematographic works that meet the conditions set out in articles…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sale and transfer of shares.

Article R4113-60

…eriod provided for in that article. Until this formality has been completed, the transfer of shares may not be invoked against third parties, who may, however, rely on it.Any interested party may, at…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Application requirements

Article L1441-6

Subject to the provisions of Article L. 1441-7, the following may stand for election: 1° Employees and employers ; 2° Job seekers registered on the list of job seekers; 3° Persons who have ceased all…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions applicable to tourist offices set up as public industrial and commercial establishments

Article L133-6

…the authority of the President. He or she is appointed under the conditions laid down by decree. He may not be a local councillor. Their appointment and dismissal are decided by a decision of the Mana…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Mutual assistance for the purposes of hearings, surveillance or infiltration

Article 694-9

…mmunicates information from ongoing criminal proceedings to foreign judicial authorities, he or she may subject the use of such information to conditions that he or she determines.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Professional recovery

Article L645-6

…the debtor is put in default or sued by a creditor during the course of the proceedings, the judge may, at the debtor's request, defer payment of the sums due for up to four months and order, for the…

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