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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-21

Decisions that exceed the powers of the managing partners are taken by the members at a general meeting. The general meeting is convened at least once a year. It is also convened at the request of at…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Appeals against the decisions of the person in charge of missions falling within the remit of the national plant variety authority

Article R412-21

The Registrar shall send a copy of the judgment to the person in charge of the tasks falling within the remit of the national plant variety authority.This judgment shall be automatically entered in th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the Court of Appeal against decisions of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-21

The appeals referred to in article R. 411-19 shall be lodged within one month of notification of the decisions in question.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Joint Conciliation Committee

Article R615-21

Proceedings before the commission are adversarial.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article R712-21

…l Institute of Industrial Property under the conditions laid down by decision of its Director General. A declaration of withdrawal may relate to only one trademark. It shall be formulated by the appli…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Explanations provided to borrowers and assessment of their creditworthiness

Article R341-21

A creditor or credit intermediary who fails to comply with the pre-contractual information formalities prescribed in article R. 313-11 and relating to the advisory service is punishable by the fine la…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Credit consolidation

Article R314-21

In order to draw up the disclosure document on the basis of accurate information, the lender or intermediary shall ask the borrower to provide the documents, in particular the contractual documents, p…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Group membership

Article R623-21

The consumer may terminate the mandate at any time. He must inform the association of this by any means that allows receipt to be acknowledged, and the association will notify the professional without…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R742-21

The debtor's property rendered unavailable by enforcement proceedings may be sold by mutual agreement by the liquidator, with the authorisation of the protection litigation judge, ruling by order, who…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 2: Chief Executive Officer

Article R121-21

The Office français de l'immigration et de l'intégration is headed by a Director General appointed by decree for three renewable years on the proposal of the Minister responsible for immigration. The…

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