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

Article R712-28-1

…nal de la propriété industrielle shall rule on the declaration of division mentioned in Article R. 712-27 within six months of filing. This period is interrupted, where applicable, by the notification…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Preferential rights and guarantees for wage claims.

Article L143-11-6

…on, control and litigation of these contributions are governed by the rules set out in Article L. 351-5-1.

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to establishments distributing the Livret A or the Livret de développement durable et solidaire.

Article R221-8-1

The additional remuneration provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 221-6 is calculated in such a way as to ensure that the credit institution referred to in article L. 518-25-1 is proporti…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Preliminary subsection: Prohibition on using the services of a person who has been the subject of an anti-doping sanction

Article R232-41-15

…s to whom athletes may not have recourse or whose services they may not seek under Article L. 232-9-1.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions applicable where the employer is established in another Member State of the European Community or the European Economic Area

Article L3253-18-9

The institutions referred to in Article L. 3253-14 shall, on request, inform all other guarantee institutions in the Member States of the European Community or the European Economic Area of the nation…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to partnerships limited by shares

Article L22-10-74

The provisions of article L. 226-4-1, relating to the proportion of members of the supervisory board of each sex, are applicable without threshold conditions to companies whose shares are admitted to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Regional school equipment grants.

Article L4332-3-1

…llocation of the regions to which they are transferred, under the conditions set out in articles L. 1614-1 à L. 1614-3.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-10-3

…of the oral pharmaceutical forms of a reference medicinal product within the meaning of Article L. 5121-1 may not prohibit the oral pharmaceutical forms of a generic medicinal product that may be subs…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition of tattoo products.

Article R513-10-4

…om the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé: 1° The list of substances that may not be used in tattooing products; 2° The list of substances that…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Declarations for the purposes of amending and supplementary registrations.

Article R123-71-1

…in another Member State of the European Union, and which has one of the legal forms listed in Annex 1-3 to this Book, he shall communicate such changes to the competent registrar of the Member State i…

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