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Showing 49915000 of 61711 articles for Art. R 330-2 · Cass. com. 7 July 2004 · CA Paris 5 November 2008

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Sociétés de participations financières de profession libérale de conseils en propriété industrielle (French only)

Article R422-51-8

If this change results in the company's declared situation not complying with the legislative and regulatory provisions in force, the company shall be given formal notice by the Director General of th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Sociétés de participations financières de profession libérale de conseils en propriété industrielle (French only)

Article R422-51-11

The dissolution of the company, when it does not result from removal from the list of industrial property attorneys, is notified to the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Propert…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R623-53-1

The president of the judicial court may order, in the light of the seizure report, any measure to complete the proof of the alleged acts of infringement.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R623-50-1

The period provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 623-27 and given to the claimant to take civil or criminal action on the merits, or to lodge a complaint with the public prosecutor, is twen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Procedure

Article R53-8-54

Three months before the planned end of the detention period, the judge gives his opinion on the renewal of the measure to the public prosecutor at the court of appeal. The latter will refer the matter…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Enforcement of pre-trial detention

Article R57-5-4

The reasoned decision to place a person in judicial segregation or to extend the measure may be included in the detention order or the order extending detention, or may be the subject of a separate or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Enforcement of pre-trial detention

Article R57-5-1

The investigating judge may decide to place an adult in judicial isolation at any time during the investigation procedure. When referring the matter to the liberty and custody judge for the purposes o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Enforcement of pre-trial detention

Article R57-5-3

The examining magistrate or the liberty and custody judge shall specify the duration of the measure, which may not exceed that of the detention order, in the order by which he subjects a person to jud…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval.

Article R511-3-5

Any natural person or legal entity intending to file a draft public offer with the Autorité des marchés financiers pursuant to Chapter III of Title III of Book IV of the Legislative Part of this Code,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Monitoring and control of posted workers

Article R1263-11-5

When the provision of services relates to work carried out on a building or public works site, the decision of the Regional Director of Enterprises, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment is…

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