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

Article R712-23-1

A decision shall be taken on the trade mark application within a period of six months from the date of the application. This period is interrupted, where applicable, by the opposition application prov…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R8252-10

…ot authorised to work or his representative, pursuant to Article L. 8252-2, has handed down a final decision ordering the employer or the principal to pay the outstanding sums, the court registry will…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Beneficiaries

Article L434-4

…s appropriate, to one or the other, by virtue of the exercise of parental authority, by virtue of a decision of a foreign court. A copy of this decision must be produced as well as authorisation from…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Objections of lis pendens and connexity.

Article 104

…decided in the same way as for pleas of lack of jurisdiction. In the event of multiple appeals, the decision rests with the court of appeal first seised which, if it grants the objection, assigns the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-21

…ble to them, any natural or legal person who considers that they have been wronged by an individual decision taken under the delegation referred to in article L. 131-14 may, within two months of being…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Letters rogatory to foreign countries

Article 734-1

The clerk's office of the issuing court shall send a copy of the decision granting letters rogatory to the public prosecutor's office, unless transmission is to be made directly to the competent forei…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to asset freezing orders issued by the French judicial authorities

Article 695-9-7

The public prosecutor, the investigating courts, the liberty and custody judge and the trial courts, which are competent under the provisions of this code to order the seizure of property, are compete…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-18

In the case of mixed financial holding companies, decisions regarding approval and exemption from approval and the supervisory measures referred to in Article L. 612-33 are subject to the agreement of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article R325-11

Any decision to withdraw administrative authorisation pursuant to article L. 325-1 is notified to the company concerned by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or delivered against receip…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Award procedure and conditions

Article 442-5

The beneficiary or beneficiaries of aid have a period of one year from the date of the award decision to provide the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée with proof of the progress of the pr…

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