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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Filing formalities

Article R512-8

Any filing that does not include at least one copy of the application for registration containing the mention provided for in a of 1° of Article R. 512-3 and at least one copy of the graphic or photog…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Promissory notes.

Article L512-3

The provisions of articles L. 511-2 to L. 511-5, L. 511-8 to L. 511-14, L. 511-18, L. 511-22 to L. 511-47, L. 511-49 to L. 511-55, L. 511-62 to L. 511-65, L. 511-67 to L. 511-71, L. 511-75 to L. 511-8…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Tax fines

Article 1763 E

When the administration establishes that a company defined in Article 238 bis HE has not complied with the undertaking provided for in the second paragraph of paragraph 3 of Article 199 unvicies or on…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Financial organisation.

Article L6145-10

…d; in other cases, the revision is authorised under the conditions set out in articles 900-2 to 900-8 of the Civil Code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Continuation of the business during the observation period.

Article R631-23

…R. 621-7 and mentioned in the registers provided for in the first four paragraphs of Article R. 621-8.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-15

…ed ten days before the date of the adversarial hearing provided for in articles 712-6,712-7 and 712-8 by registered letter if he or she is not imprisoned and by the prison registry otherwise. If he is…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Development Council

Article R6231-5

…entative. However, for the apprentice training centres of the establishments mentioned inarticle L. 811-8 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, the second paragraph of article R. 811-46 of the same…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Practice of the professions.

Article L4241-9

…thorised to practise the profession of pharmacy assistant in application of the provisions prior to 8 July 1977 enjoy, for life, the rights and prerogatives defined in articles L. 4241-1 and L. 4243-1…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Publication of budgets and accounts

Article L2573-40

…sia subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the application of Article L. 2313-1:1° 8° is deleted;2° The words: "in accordance with Articles 1520,1609 bis, 1609 quater, 1609 quinquies…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Information system relating to vocational training provision

Article R6111-3

…6111-1. The information system for the personal training account defined in II of article L. 6323-8 lists the vocational training on offer using the same language.

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