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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R122-1

For the application of the provisions of d of 3° of Article L. 122-5, the catalogue of a sale of graphic or plastic works of art means copies of a list, illustrated or not, distributed before a sale b…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Withholding

Article L722-12

…of withholding referred to in Article L. 722-9 and in the second paragraph of I of l'article L. 722-11, the person authorised to use a geographical indication or the body for the defence of geographic…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to the Bibliothèque nationale de France

Article R122-20

The legal entities and establishments mentioned in 1° of article L. 122-5-1 transmit to the Bibliothèque nationale de France the files of adapted documents in digital form that they have produced as s…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to legal entities and establishments open to the public implementing the exception

Article R122-16

I.-To be included on the list provided for in 1° of Article L. 122-5-1, the legal entity or establishment must, in support of its request sent to the Commission by registered letter with acknowledgeme…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Withholding

Article L722-14

…all state whether or not the customs administration intends to destroy the goods and indicate that: 1° The holder of the goods has ten working days from notification of the detention to inform the cus…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Withholding

Article L722-10

In the absence of a written request from the person authorised to use a geographical indication or the organisation for the defence of geographical indications and outside the cases provided for by Eu…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Text and data mining for the sole purpose of scientific research

Article R122-23

…ose of scientific research may be made: -by staff of the institutions mentioned in II of Article L. 122-5-3 and natural persons who, in order to carry out research activities, are attached to them by…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to the Bibliothèque nationale de France

Article R122-21

…ilable files of adapted documents transmitted by the legal entities and establishments mentioned in 1° of Article L. 122-5-1 as well as the conditions for depositing and making available digital files…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L811-4

I. - For their application in New Caledonia, Articles L. 717-1, L. 717-4 and Article L. 717-7 of this Code shall read as follows:"Art. L. 717-1. :I. - The use in the course of trade by a third party,…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L811-3

…una Islands, the French Southern and Antarctic Territories, New Caledonia and Mayotte, Article L. 621-1 of this Code reads as follows:"Art. L. 621-1:"The fact, by any director or employee of a company…

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