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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General principles.

Article 373

A father or mother who is unable to express his or her will due to incapacity, absence or any other cause is deprived of the exercise of parental authority.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General principles.

Article 372

The father and mother exercise parental authority jointly. Parental authority is exercised jointly in the case provided for in article 342-11.However, where parentage is established with regard to one…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Discipline of sworn goods brokers Discipline of sworn goods brokers

Article L131-32

Any breach of the laws and regulations relating to his profession or his duties as a sworn goods broker and any breach of probity or honour, even relating to facts unrelated to the tasks entrusted to…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 3: Closure of the investigation and referral to the oral hearing

Article 807-3

The closure of the investigation provided for in the 1st paragraph of article 799 may not take place before the expiry of the time limit for appeal against the partial judgment or, where an appeal has…

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

Article R411-30

…f the claimant's pleadings referred to in Article R. 411-29 to file his pleadings with the registry and lodge, where appropriate, a cross-appeal.Under the same sanction and within the same period, he…

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

Article R411-36

…he chamber may waive the application of the penalties provided for in articles R. 411-29, R. 411-30 and R. 411-32.

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

Article R411-32

…bject to the same penalty, from the date of his voluntary intervention. Subject to the same penalty and within the same time limit, the defendant to a cross-appeal, the forced intervener and the volun…

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

Article R411-35

The Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property shall notify the parties to the proceedings of his written observations by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. He s…

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

Article R411-31

The cross-appeal shall be lodged in accordance with the provisions of article R. 411-25.

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

Article R411-39

…agraph of Article 960 of the Code of Civil Procedure. They must expressly state the parties' claims and the pleas of fact and law on which each of these claims is based with an indication for each cla…

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