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Showing 801810 of 28915 articles for Art. Cons. conc. n° 91-D-42 du 22 Oct 1991

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article L236-42

…he transaction; > and 2° Verifying that the transaction is not being carried out for abusive or fraudulent purposes leading to or intended to circumvent European Union law or French law, or for crimin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-42

The bearer must give notice of non-acceptance or non-payment to his endorser within four working days following the day of the protest or the day of presentation in the case of a no-cost return clause…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Procedure

Article R321-42

In the case provided for in Article R. 321-41, the mediator may also issue a recommendation, which shall be notified to the parties by any means capable of establishing proof of the date of receipt. W…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Regulatory and monitoring role in the field of technical protection measures and the identification of protected works and objects

Article R331-42

The opinions issued pursuant to Article L. 331-33 may be published by the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique.

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

Article R422-42

…es, advertisements and various publications, emanating from a company for the liberal practice of industrial property attorneys must indicate the company name immediately preceded or followed by the m…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-42

…gistry to the parties to the proceedings and to the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property.The decisions of the Court of Appeal shall be notified by registered letter with a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exploitation rights

Article R613-42

Where an appeal is lodged against a decision or order made pursuant to Article L. 612-10 (first and second paragraphs) or against an order or decree made pursuant to

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R612-42

…ith Articles R. 612-14 and R. 612-15. The request is made in writing to the National Institute of Industrial Property. It shall include, in particular, the name and address of the applicant and his un…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-42

Reproductions of additional entries in the National Register of Plant Variety Certificates or certificates stating that no entry exists shall be issued to any applicant against payment of the fee due.…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article L512-42

…utor or the court under the conditions provided for in the article 157 of the code of criminal procedure.In exceptional circumstances, the person concerned may choose an expert from outside the lists…

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