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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rights of the usufructuary

Article 589

…rnishings, the usufructuary has the right to use them for the purpose for which they were intended, and is only obliged to return them at the end of the usufruct in the condition in which they are, no…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article R422-58-3

…s conseils en propriété industrielle from among the former presidents, vice-presidents, secretaries and members of the Disciplinary Board. Three alternates are appointed under the same conditions. The…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article R422-58-1

On receipt of a complaint, the President of the Compagnie nationale des conseils en propriété industrielle may propose a conciliation procedure to the parties, if the alleged infringement that is the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article R422-57-1

The secretary of the Compagnie nationale des conseils en propriété industrielle is the rapporteur of the Disciplinary Board. If he is unable to act, the office of the company shall appoint a substitut…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article R422-58-2

…eils en propriété industrielle acts as prosecuting authority. He examines the referral or complaint and gives a reasoned decision within two months of the referral. It decides whether to initiate proc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Agency headquarters

Article R1432-53-2

…e located elsewhere by order of the ministers responsible for health, health insurance, the elderly and the disabled.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Group crèches

Article R2324-46-5

…The tasks of the technical advisor are: 1° To ensure the technical monitoring of the establishment and to draw up and monitor the implementation of the establishment's project; 2° To support and coor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Wholesale distribution

Article R5124-59-1

…perator of any shortage of supply of a medicinal product for which it is responsible for purchasing and storage, and of which it has not already been informed by the operator or by the Agence national…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-5

The provisions of Articles 72, 75, 76, 77, 80, 87, 88, 89 and 90 of the aforementioned Regulation (EU) shall apply to the clinical investigations provided for in paragraph 1 of Article 82 of Regulatio…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article L631-5

…in article L. 412-5 in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the word "départemental" and t…

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