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

Article R411-10

…remuneration for services rendered; 3° The proceeds of the sale of publications ; 4° Income from assets and the proceeds of their disposal; 5° Proceeds from any reimbursements made by international in…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Administrative police measures

Article R521-1

…L. 521-3-1 is the head of the national investigations department of the Directorate-General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control, the regional director for the economy, employment, labo…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Statement of liabilities

Article R723-1

The commission shall inform the creditors by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt of the statement of liabilities declared by the debtor. This letter reproduces the provisions of the firs…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for exchanging and sharing information between professionals

Article R1110-1

…n, or for the medico-social and social monitoring of the said person ; 2° The scope of their missions.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-1

…anies to carry out all the formalities and procedures required to access and carry out their business. To this end, it receives the single file provided for in article L. 123-33. This file includes: 1…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-12

…t to the recipient bodies or, where applicable, to the authorities authorised to issue authorisations. The single body shall inform the registrant of any technical difficulties concerning the sending…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-16

…ffairs, agriculture and labour specifies the list of declarations referred to in 1° of I of article R. 123-1 that must be filed with the single body and the administrations, persons or bodies to which…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-13

…intended to be entered in the National Register of Companies, as well as the documents relating thereto. Declarations for which the information is not entered in the National Register of Companies and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-11

…nd authorities to which the declarations and applications for authorisation are sent are solely competent to check that they are in order or to assess their validity.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Deposits to be made by companies having their registered office abroad

Article R123-112

…he filing referred to in the first paragraph is made through the single body referred to in Article R. 123-1 and under the conditions provided for in Article R. 123-7.

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