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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article L712-5-1

…lication for registration, cannot establish: 1° That the earlier trade mark has been put to genuine use, in respect of the goods or services on which the opposition is based, during the five years pre…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Renewal

Article L312-76

The creditor may reduce the total amount of credit, suspend the borrower's right to use the credit or not offer to renew the agreement where the information gathered pursuant to the provisions of Arti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-5

…side of the consolidated balance sheet. Goodwill recognised as an asset is taken to income over its useful life. In exceptional cases, where its useful life cannot be reliably determined, it is amorti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3-1: Marketing authorisation monitoring committee

Article R1313-27-1

…pplicability of risk management measures with regard to marketing authorisations ; 2° The safety of use of products in relation to human and animal health and the environment; 3° The agronomic and soc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions (R)

Article R2321-3

…vestment section and an equivalent revenue in the operating section. A municipal council that makes use of the power available to it by virtue of the second paragraph and then reverses this decision m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Single subsection: Restricted traffic zones

Article D2213-1-0-2

…ars. II.-The municipalities or public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax authority whose president has the power to police traffic are considered not to be regularly com…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Relationship between the payment service provider and the payment service user

Article L133-16

As soon as he receives a payment instrument, the Payment Service User shall take all reasonable steps to safeguard the security of his personalised security data.He shall use the payment instrument in…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting of gifts.

Article 855

…if such property has been reconstituted by means of compensation received for its loss, the donee must report it in the proportion in which the compensation was used for its reconstitution. If the co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conservation and preparation for scientific purposes

Article R1235-1

…ons of Section 2 of Chapter III of Title IV of this Book. These activities include the creation and use of collections of human biological samples as defined in article L. 1243-3, including when these…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for packaging

Article R1322-36

The materials used for packaging natural mineral water, within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on materials and articles in…

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