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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of protection

Article L511-9

The protection of the design conferred by the provisions of this Book shall be acquired by registration. It shall be granted to the creator or his successor in title. The author of the application for…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of protection

Article L511-11

Subject to the provisions of international conventions to which France is a party, a foreigner who is neither established nor domiciled in the territory of a Member State of the European Community or…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of protection

Article L511-10

If a design has been registered in fraud of the rights of a third party or in breach of a legal or contractual obligation, the person who believes he or she has a right to the design may claim ownersh…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Contracts with instalments

Article R2113-6

The execution of each optional tranche is subject to the purchaser's decision to award it, notified to the contractor under the conditions set out in the contract.When an optional tranche is awarded l…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Contracts with instalments

Article R2113-5

The services of the firm tranche must form a coherent whole; the same applies to the services of each optional tranche, taking into account the services of all the previous tranches.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Contracts with instalments

Article R2113-4

Purchasers may award a contract comprising a firm tranche and one or more optional tranches. The contract defines the content, the price or the way in which it is to be determined and the way in which…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Injunction and regularisation

Article R131-17

When a payment incident occurs on the same account after a previous incident that has not been cleared, a new injunction is sent by simple letter. The holder is informed that the current ban will cont…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Injunction and regularisation

Article R131-15

A drawee who has refused to pay all or part of a cheque for lack of sufficient funds shall send the account holder the injunction provided for in article L. 131-73 by registered letter with acknowledg…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Injunction and regularisation

Article R131-16

The injunction letter specifies the means by which the right to regularise may be exercised.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Injunction and regularisation

Article R131-18

The injunctions provided for in this paragraph are sent by the drawee to the account holder even if the account on which the cheque or cheques were drawn has been closed. This obligation ceases at the…

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