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

Article L712-6-1

If a trade mark protected in a State party to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property has been registered in France in the name of the agent or representative of the proprietor…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Job security contract

Article L1233-68

An agreement concluded and approved under the conditions laid down in section 5 of chapter II of title II of book IV of part five, with the exception of article L. 5422-20-1 and the second paragraph o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial arrangements for agencies

Article L1432-6

The agency's resources are made up of : 1° A subsidy from the State ; 2° Contributions from health insurance schemes, the amount and distribution of which among the schemes are set each year by order…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section X: Application procedures

Article 298 septdecies

The procedures for applying the provisions of this chapter shall be laid down, as necessary, by decree in all cases where it is not otherwise provided. Unless expressly provided otherwise, the formali…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Comparative advertising

Article L122-6

Press insertions for advertising defined in articles L. 122-1 and L. 122-2 do not give rise to the right of reply as defined by the Article 13 of the law of 29 July 1881 on the freedom of the press an…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Pre-contractual information obligation

Article L221-6

If the trader has not complied with his obligations to provide information concerning the additional charges mentioned in article L. 112-3 and 8° of Article L. 221-5, the consumer is not liable for pa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L2411-8

The Trade Union Committee shall decide what actions to bring or support on behalf of the Section. The chairman of the union commission, by virtue of the latter's deliberation, represents the section i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-8

Any proprietary medicinal product or any other medicinal product manufactured industrially or by a method involving an industrial process, as well as any generator, kit or precursor which is not the s…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 septies

Officials of the Directorate-General for Customs and Indirect Taxation and officials of the Directorate-General for Enterprise may, on request or spontaneously, disclose to each other all information…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 sexdecies

The officials responsible for the inspections referred to in II of Article 32 of Law No. 2021-1308 of 8 October 2021 containing various provisions for adapting to European Union law in the fields of t…

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