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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article L612-24

…thereof, as well as any clarifications or justifications necessary for the performance of its duties. It may ask these persons to provide the statutory auditors' reports and, in general, all accounti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article R612-15

…tiel et de résolution" account held in the books of the Banque de France in accordance with Article L. 612-18 during the previous financial year, together with the opinion of the Audit Committee, are…

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

Article L612-3

The risk referred to in 3° of article L. 612-2 may be regarded as established, except in special circumstances, in the following cases:1° The foreign national, who cannot justify having entered French…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article L612-3

…nd application benefit from the filing date of the first for the elements common to both applications. The request shall not be admissible where the benefit of the right of priority attached to a prev…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article L612-5

The invention must be set out in the patent application in a sufficiently clear and complete manner to enable a person skilled in the art to carry it out. Where an invention involving biological mater…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article L612-4

The patent application may relate to only one invention or to a plurality of inventions linked together in such a way that they form a single general inventive concept. Any application which does not…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article L612-7

…ltiple priorities may be claimed for a patent application, even if they originate in different States. Where appropriate, multiple priorities may be claimed for the same claim. If multiple priorities…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article L612-6

The claims define the subject matter of the protection applied for. They must be clear and concise and based on the description.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article L612-2

The filing date of the patent application shall be the date on which the applicant has produced documents containing: a) An indication that a patent is applied for; b) Information enabling the applica…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article R612-11

…in excess of a fixed amount, in respect of the recovery of the contribution provided for in Article L. 612-20, the granting of amnesties pursuant toArticle L. 247 of the Book of Tax Procedures.

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