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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article R613-52-1

A decision on the appeal for restoration shall be taken within six months of the date on which it was lodged. This period is interrupted, where applicable, by the notification provided for in Article…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article R613-52-2

Failing an express decision within the period referred to in Article R. 613-52-1, the appeal shall be deemed to have been accepted.

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

Article R623-51-1

Where the judge has made the seizure subject to the provision of guarantees by the claimant, these must be provided before the seizure is carried out. On pain of nullity and damages against the bailif…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant varieties

Article D623-58-1

The composition and operation of the joint conciliation commission specific to the plant variety field are governed by articles R. 615-9 to R. 615-11, R. 615-13 to R. 615-34, subject to the following…

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

Article R623-53-1

The president of the judicial court may order, in the light of the seizure report, any measure to complete the proof of the alleged acts of infringement.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: CONSUMER INFORMATION

Article D111-5-1

In application of the first paragraph of article

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to samples taken for the purposes of investigating offences

Article R512-16-5

The provisions of article R. 512-16 are applicable to these levies.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tax system

Article 575 E bis

I.- (Repealed).II.-For the various tobacco products, the retail selling price applied in Corsica is at least equal to a percentage of the continental selling prices for the same products, set in accor…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Administrative and litigation procedure

Article D312-5-1

The committee may either reject the appeal or recommend that the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of the Interior grant the long-stay visa applied for. The chairman of the committee may re…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Administrative and litigation procedure

Article D312-5-2

The Deputy Director of Visas may either reject the appeal or instruct the diplomatic or consular authority to which the initial application was made to issue the requested short-stay visa. He may dele…

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