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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Common provisions

Article R618-5

The terms of application of articles R. 612-1 to R. 612-25 and R. 613-53 to R. 613-59 are set by decision of the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Common provisions

Article R618-1

Any notification shall be deemed to be in order if it is made: - either to the last owner of the patent application declared to the National Institute of Industrial Property or, after the publication…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Common provisions

Article R618-3

Where a period is expressed in days, the day of the act, event, decision or notification that causes it to run shall not count.Where a period is expressed in months or years, the period shall expire o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Common provisions

Article R618-6

All correspondence or documents relating to proceedings before the National Institute of Industrial Property provided for in this Book shall be filed at the registered office of the Institute or shall…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: CONSUMER INSTITUTIONS

Article L823-1

The metrology and testing laboratory is a national public establishment of an industrial and commercial nature. The laboratory is responsible for carrying out all studies, research, consultancy, exper…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: AUTHORISED CONSUMER DEFENCE ASSOCIATIONS

Article L811-2

Authorisation may only be granted to associations that are independent of all forms of professional activity. However, associations emanating from consumer cooperative societies, governed by the loi d…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: AUTHORISED CONSUMER DEFENCE ASSOCIATIONS

Article L811-1

Consumer protection associations may be approved after receiving the opinion of the public prosecutor.The conditions under which these associations may be approved, taking into account their represent…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: CONSUMER INSTITUTIONS

Article L823-2

The establishment is administered by a board comprising representatives of the administration, industrial activities, consumer protection associations, the establishment's staff and qualified personal…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: AUTHORISED CONSUMER DEFENCE ASSOCIATIONS

Article R811-1

The approval of consumer defence associations provided for in article L. 811-1 may be granted to any association: 1° Which, on the date of the application for approval, can prove that it has been in e…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: AUTHORISED CONSUMER DEFENCE ASSOCIATIONS

Article R811-4

Applications for approval and renewal shall be sent to the directorate responsible for population protection at the association's head office.The composition of the file and the procedures for its exa…

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