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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Fees charged by the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-17

…or limitation;-issuance and printing of the specification;-opposition;-maintenance;-petition for restoration;2° For European patents:-publication of translation or revised translation of the claims of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3 : Transcription of a marriage celebrated abroad by a foreign authority

Article 171-8

…d for in Article 171-2 have been complied with and the marriage has been celebrated in the forms customary in the country, it shall be entered in the civil status registers unless new elements based o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer of ownership

Article L211-17

…of these securities in favour of the purchaser in a shared electronic registration system referred to in article L. 211-3.II. - If the securities are admitted to trading by a central depository or de…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3 : Transcription of a marriage celebrated abroad by a foreign authority

Article 171-7

…ority has information establishing that the validity of the marriage is not in question with regard to articles 146 and 180, it may, by reasoned decision, have the transcript made without first hearin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Hygiene of buildings and built-up areas.

Article L1331-17

…e number of deaths in a municipality has exceeded the average mortality figure for France, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency will carry out a survey of the sanitary conditions in the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-17

…he conduct of the proceedings or the observation period, or in consideration for a service provided to the debtor during that period, shall be paid when due.II.-.Where they are not paid on the due dat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Central organisation

Article R515-17

I. - In addition to its Chairman, the Agency's Board of Directors comprises seventeen members, appointed as follows: 1° Five members representing the State, including : a) Two members appointed by dec…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for issuing the European arrest warrant.

Article 695-17-1

If the public prosecutor is informed by the judicial authority of the executing Member State of a request from the arrested person for the appointment of a lawyer on national territory, he shall provi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Control

Article R5132-1-17

The Prefect's decision is sent to the structure for integration through economic activity, by any means that confers a date of receipt, no later than five months after the notification referred to in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Schools of territorial chambers of commerce and industry and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L711-17

…tablishments are legal entities under private law governed by the legislative provisions applicable to public limited companies, insofar as they do not conflict with the specific provisions governing…

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