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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-39

…f the national list of industrial property attorneys under the conditions laid down in Articles R. 422-58-2 to R. 422-62.Publication of changes is made as provided for in Articles 22 et seq of Decree…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-36

Any partner who receives for valuable consideration or free of charge a right to present a clientele transferred by a third party is obliged to contribute the enjoyment of that right to the company, o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-31

…as are necessary to provide each party with a copy and to comply with the provisions of article R. 422-28. In addition, one of the originals of the private deed, or a copy of the deed transferring the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-28

The provisions of articles 49, 50 and 52 du décret n° 78-704 du 3 juillet 1978 sont applicables aux cessions et transmissions de parts sociales et à leur publicité.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-19

Company shares corresponding to contributions in cash must be paid up, at the time of subscription, by at least half of their nominal value. The surplus must be paid up, in one or more instalments, ei…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation of the national plant variety authority

Article D412-12

…entifiable within the budget and accounts of the public interest grouping mentioned in article L. 412-1.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the Court of Appeal against decisions of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-25

…he extract of registration in the trade and companies register for operators located outside France;2° The subject of the appeal;3° The name and address of the title holder if the applicant does not h…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the Court of Appeal against decisions of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-20

Subject to the specific provisions of this section, the appeals referred to in article R. 411-19 shall be lodged, investigated and judged in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedu…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-34

…ist of industrial property attorneys are transferred under the conditions determined in Article R. 422-33.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-25

The deliberations of the members are subject to the provisions of articles 40 to 47 of decree n° 78-704 of 3 July 1978. The General Meeting may only validly deliberate if at least three quarters of th…

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