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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Mediation procedure

Article R321-38

The mediator hears the parties, separately or jointly, and any person whose hearing he deems useful. The parties may be assisted by any person of their choice, whose identity they shall disclose prior…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Mediation procedure

Article R321-39

When a party invokes business secrecy, it shall inform the mediator, at the time of disclosure, of the information, documents or parts of documents that it considers to be covered by such secrecy and…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Mediation procedure

Article R321-37

…f three months in which to carry out his task, from the date of receipt of the request, or where applicable the date of receipt of the parties' observations, or the expiry of the time limit for produc…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Mediation procedure

Article R321-36

When a referral is made to the mediator by one of the parties, he shall inform the other parties, by letter delivered against signature or by any other means capable of establishing proof of the date…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Collective management bodies

Article R321-1

Collective management organisations established outside the European Union that manage exploitation rights in France for works or other protected objects are subject to the provisions of article R. 32…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Declaration

Article A321-1

The certificates provided for in 2° of I and 4° of II of article

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Examination for admission to the traineeship

Article A321-10

The examination for access to the traineeship provided for in 4° of article R. 321-18 and articles R. 321-20 to R. 321-25 shall take place at least once a year. The dates and locations of the tests ar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The freedom to provide services in the activity of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction by nationals of Member States of the European Union and States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Article R321-59

The renewal of the declaration provided for in Article L. 321-24 is accompanied by the documents mentioned in 6° and 7° of Article R. 321-58 and, in the event of a material change relating to the situ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R321-74

The State's right of pre-emption in the event of a voluntary sale of furniture by public auction is governed by the Articles 61 to 65 of Decree no. 2001-650 of 19 July 2001 implementing the articles L…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Examination for admission to the traineeship.

Article R321-20

Those who meet the conditions set out in 1°, 2° and 3° of article R. 321-18 are eligible to sit the examination for admission to the training course mentioned in 4° of that article..

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