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

Article R411-39

The head of the pleadings shall contain the information provided for in the second paragraph of Article 960 of the Code of Civil Procedure. They must expressly state the parties' claims and the pleas…

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

Article R623-39

Applications for plant variety certificates are entered in the register of applications in chronological order, immediately after the application is filed. For each application, the entry includes in…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Liquidation of the debtor's assets

Article R742-39

The reiteration of bids is governed by the provisions of articles Article R. 322-68 of the Code des procédures civiles d'exécution, before the judge responsible for property seizures.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Automatic processing of personal data known as the "Assisted return statistics and monitoring tool".

Article R142-39

The rights of access and rectification provided for by Articles 15 and 16 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and by Articles 49 and 50 of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 may be exercised by…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: PROCEDURE BEFORE THE FRENCH OFFICE FOR THE PROTECTION OF REFUGEES AND APATRIDS

Article R531-39

When, after the preliminary examination, the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons decides to continue examining the application, it shall inform the competent prefect wit…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Hearings

Article R532-39

The chairman of the panel shall rule on requests for referral to a subsequent hearing submitted by the parties.The absence of one of the parties or his lawyer from the hearing shall not oblige the cha…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the recognition and monitoring in France of convictions and probation decisions handed down by the competent authorities of other Member States of the European Union

Article 764-39

The sentence enforcement judge is also competent to issue a reasoned judgment, under the conditions provided for in article 712-6, revocation of conditional release or suspension of enforcement of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Competent authority.

Article R1123-39

If the research involving the human person has not begun within two years of authorisation, this authorisation lapses. However, if justification is provided before the expiry of this period, it may be…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Declarations to be made by natural persons

Article R123-39

If a transfer plan has been drawn up, the transferee declares that it has been entrusted with the management of the transferred business pending the completion of the acts required to complete the tra…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Brokers.

Article R131-39

In the event of a conflict of interest with a party, the sworn freight broker will refrain from taking part in the deliberations.

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