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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights attached to the deposit

Article L622-6

The prohibition provided for in the preceding article shall take effect on the date of filing or the date of first commercial exploitation if earlier. It shall vest in the owner of the registration un…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Use and maintenance of the building

Article L315-14

The debtor also loses the benefit of the term when he changes the use of the mortgaged property or when he refuses the creditor access to the mortgaged property to ensure that it is in a good state of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: "Sports performance" speciality

Article A212-55

The "sports performance" speciality of the Higher State Diploma in Youth, Popular Education and Sport is organised into subject areas defined by decree.This order specifies in particular, where applic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Seizures and assignments.

Article L3252-5

Direct debit of the current monthly instalment and the last six months' unpaid maintenance payments, or the last twenty-four months' unpaid maintenance payments when the body responsible for paying fa…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Procedural provisions and respect for the rights of policyholders and creditors

Article R311-19

The services and infrastructures referred to in I of this Article L. 311-51 are provided to the purchaser: 1° On the terms set out in an agreement concluded between the person subject to a resolution…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions on the valuation of the prudential balance sheet

Article R351-1

The methods and assumptions to be used when valuing prudential assets and liabilities are defined in Articles 7 to 16 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 of 10 October 2014. An Order of th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Agreements to prevent the effects of exposure to certain occupational risk factors

Article L4162-2

If, at the end of the negotiations, no agreement is reached, a statement of disagreement is drawn up under the conditions defined in Article L. 2242-5. The employer mentioned in article L. 4162-1 is t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L6211-4

In the départements mentioned in article L. 3114-5, the provisions of this book do not apply to examinations carried out in places far from any medical biology laboratory with a view to diagnosing and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Application for substantial modification

Article R1124-11

When an application for a substantial amendment to an initial clinical trial is submitted, the competent Committee for the Protection of Individuals shall carry out the Part II assessment provided for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Recognised foreign markets.

Article D423-3

Persons domiciled or having their registered office outside the territory of the Republic are authorised to solicit the public in France with a view to trading on a recognised foreign market in transf…

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