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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisional and protective measures

Article R615-3

The period provided for in the last paragraph of article L. 615-3 and given to the claimant to appeal on the merits through civil or criminal proceedings, or to lodge a complaint with the public prose…

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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 Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Civil actions

Article R722-1

The period provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 722-3 and given to the claimant to take civil or criminal action on the merits, or to lodge a complaint with the public prosecutor, is twent…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6241-22

No later than 31 December of the year preceding that in respect of which the apprenticeship tax is due, the representative of the State in the region shall publish the list, communicated by the Presid…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Illegal businesses

Article L352-8

Insurance and reinsurance undertakings shall immediately inform the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution if they become aware that the Minimum Capital Requirement provided for in Article L…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Settlement of public claims.

Article D626-15

…rts made by shareholders and directors;- the debtor's financial situation and the prospects for its long-term recovery;- the debtor's habitual behaviour towards the creditors mentioned in article D. 6…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-1-3

As long as the public prosecution has not been initiated, the public prosecutor may propose to a legal person charged with one or more offences under the

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to securities giving access to the capital.

Article L228-100

The provisions of articles L. 228-98 and L. 228-99 are applicable for as long as there are rights attached to each of the components of the securities mentioned in these articles.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Other debts

Article 881

It is prescribed, in respect of movables, by two years from the opening of the succession. In respect of immovables, the action may be brought as long as they remain in the hands of the heir.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Application procedure

Article R5221-14

…national residing outside national territory or a foreign national residing in France and holding a residence permit as provided for in article R. 5221-3.

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