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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Stamps and registration.

Article 335

Customs reports, submissions and transactions in lieu thereof are exempt from stamp and registration formalities.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R612-36

Until the fee for granting and printing the patent specification has been paid, the applicant may request the rectification of errors of expression or transcription as well as material errors found in…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R612-37

Subject to the provisions of Article L. 612-13, if the examination provided for in Article L. 612-11 has revealed irregularities, the description, claims or drawings may only be amended to the extent…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R612-39

At the expiry of the eighteen-month period provided for in Article L. 612-21, or at any time before the expiry of that period at the written request of the applicant, a notice shall be published in th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R612-38

…tent application may be withdrawn at any time, by a written declaration, until the fee for granting and printing the patent specification has been paid. This declaration may relate to only one applica…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Assessment and quality missions of France Compétences

Article R6123-30

I.-The annual activity report referred to in Article L. 6123-11 outlines all of France Compétences' activities in relation to its missions listed in Article L. 6123-5.II.-Each year, when the report is…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Liability in the event of an incorrectly executed payment transaction

Article L133-22-2

If the payment service provider providing a payment initiation service is responsible for the non-execution, defective execution or late execution of the payment transaction, it shall immediately comp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Reimbursement of a payment transaction ordered by the payee or by the payer who gives a payment order via the payee

Article L133-25-2

The payer and his payment service provider may agree in the deposit account agreement or in the framework agreement for payment services that the payer is not entitled to a refund where he has given h…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: UCITS

Article L214-2-2

Any UCITS established under foreign law must be notified to the Autorité des marchés financiers by the competent authority of its home Member State before its units or shares are marketed in France or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Investor information

Article L214-23-2

…nsible for managing a single market repository. This body is responsible for collecting, processing and disseminating this information. It brings together the professions involved in UCITS management.…

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