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Showing 11511160 of 57820 articles for Art. EU Regulation 2016/1103 · Hague Convention of 14 March 1978

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Patentable inventions

Article L611-14

…ve step if, for a person skilled in the art, it does not follow in an obvious manner from the state of the art. If the state of the art includes documents mentioned in the third paragraph of Article L…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Voting and electoral operations.

Article L723-14

A decree in the Council of State shall determine the terms and conditions for the application of this chapter.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Marine, river and lake insurance

Article L173-14

In the event of alienation or bareboat charter of the vessel, the insurance shall continue ipso jure in favour of the new owner or charterer, on condition that he informs the insurer within ten days a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation.

Article D2362-14

The directors of the legal entities or the natural persons participating in the creation of the European Cooperative Society shall convene the members of the special negotiating body to an initial mee…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for using the account

Article R4163-14

The account holder can access a points statement online to find out how many points are available for the desired uses and to print out a receipt.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents

Article R614-14

The following shall be entered in the National Patent Register, free of charge, at the request of the clerk of the court or at the request of one of the parties to the proceedings, judicial decisions…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars.

Article R743-141

When the court clerk performs the operations provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 143-11-7 of the French Labour Code, he shall receive the remuneration set for them by the tariff for judic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars.

Article R743-146

When the consultation of entries in the legal publicity registers gives rise to the issue of a copy, the latter is invoiced in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in an order made pursuan…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars.

Article R743-149

Commercial court registrars are also required to draw up one or more chronological registers of invoices for all the registry acts and formalities they carry out. These register(s) show details of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars.

Article R743-148

Accounts in accordance with the general chart of accounts are kept in each commercial court registry.

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