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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rejection of the application

Article R612-49

If the patent application is likely to be rejected for one of the cases provided for in Article L. 612-12 (4°, 5°, 6° and 8°), the applicant is notified of the decision and the reasons for it. The not…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article R612-9

…the jurisdiction of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution in accordance withArticle L. 612-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code shall be made by registered letter with acknowledgement…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article R612-30

…l et de résolution requires a person to submit for approval a recovery plan provided for in Article L. 612-32, the person must submit it within a maximum period of one month.The Authority appoints a s…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rejection of the application

Article R612-46

If, apart from the cases provided for in articles R. 612-8 and R. 612-45, the patent application is not formally in order with regard to the provisions of this title or the decree adopted for their ap…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Requests concerning national defence

Article R612-31

If the prohibitions on disclosure and free exploitation end more than one year after the date of filing, the application may not be made public under the conditions provided for in Article R. 612-39 o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rejection of the application

Article R612-51

If the patent application is likely to be rejected for one of the cases provided for in Article L. 612-12 (7° and 9°), reasoned notification is given to the applicant. The notification contains a form…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Correction, withdrawal and publication of the application

Article R612-40

The duration of the technical preparations provided for in Article R. 612-39 is set by decision of the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle. This decision is publishe…

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

Article R612-25

…arry out an inspection if he has been convicted of any of the offences referred to in II of Article L. 500-1 of this Code.Before entrusting an assignment to one of the persons mentioned in I of Articl…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-20

…ss the scope of the protection applied for or for the application of the third paragraph of Article L. 611-11. The final content of the abstract is, if necessary, formatted by the National Institute o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.

Article L946-4

The third paragraph of article

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