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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Regulatory and monitoring role in the field of technical protection measures and the identification of protected works and objects

Article R331-47

Within five days of the filing of his statement, the author of the appeal must, on pain of the latter being declared null and void ex officio, send, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receip…

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

Article R411-32

The defendant to a cross-appeal shall have a period of three months from the date on which he was notified of the application to intervene, failing which he shall be deemed inadmissible.The intervener…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article L512-38

The order authorising the extension of a consignment measure may be appealed to the first president of the court of appeal in accordance with the rules set out in the code of criminal procedure. The p…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: LEGAL ACTION BY CONSUMER DEFENCE ASSOCIATIONS

Article R622-2

The power of attorney shall be in writing. It shall expressly state its purpose and confer on the approved national consumer association the power to carry out all procedural acts on behalf of the con…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: MEDIATION

Article R614-2

The ombudsman shall also make available to the public on his website or communicate on request his annual activity report including the following information:1° The number of disputes referred to him…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Individual over-indebtedness commissions

Article R712-19

When the overindebtedness commission sends a letter by ordinary post, it may also send it by fax or electronically. In this case, the technical process used must ensure the authentication of the sende…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2: Proceedings for judgment

Article 828

At any time during the proceedings, the parties may expressly agree to the proceedings being conducted without a hearing in accordance with the provisions of article L. 212-5-1 of the Code of Judicial…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection IV: Special provisions for the register of associations

Article ANNEXE, art. 30-13

At the request of the public prosecutor or ex officio, the court may enjoin by order the members of the association's management or the liquidators as the case may be to justify within a time limit it…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Automatic registrations

Article R123-125

Unless the last paragraph of article R. 123-128, when the Registrar is informed that a registered person has ceased his activity at the declared address, he shall remind him of his reporting obligatio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article R225-84

The written questions referred to in the third paragraph of Article L. 225-108 are sent to the registered office by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt addressed to the Chairman of the B…

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