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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Crédit Mutuel.

Article R512-19

…made up of local caisses and the departmental and interdepartmental caisses referred to in Article L. 512-55 . Credit institutions and finance companies controlled directly or indirectly, exclusively…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Filing formalities

Article R512-12-1

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Tests and analyses

Article R512-37

…the value of the samples taken shall be paid automatically, under the conditions set out in article L. 512-24, unless the owner has waived reimbursement.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Filing formalities

Article R512-14

The indications provided for in 1° of Article R. 512-13 are recorded at the initiative of the National Institute of Industrial Property or, in the case of a court decision, at the request of the regis…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Taking a sample

Article R512-19

The sample shall comprise a single sample relating to all or part of the goods where the goods are rapidly deteriorable. A receipt given to the owner or holder of the goods under the conditions set ou…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Crédit Mutuel.

Article R512-20

…of the regional federation to which they must belong in accordance with the provisions of article L. 512-56.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Removal of goods from their place of detention

Article R512-11

The report referred to in article R. 512-10 in addition to a brief description of the sampling procedures, includes a description of the marks and labels affixed to the envelopes or containers. It als…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Removal of goods made available on the market by means of a remote communication technique

Article R512-16-6

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Tests and analyses

Article R512-34

Laboratories, other than those mentioned in Article R. 512-32, carrying out their activities in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area are a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Obligation to register.

Article A512-1

…pecifying the categories of registration of the principal in the register mentioned in I of Article L. 512-1 of the Insurance Code.5° Indication that the intermediation activity is carried out on a pr…

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