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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article R714-9

Inadmissible, rejected, or non-renewed deposits may be returned to their owner, at his request and expense. If they have not been claimed, they may be destroyed by the National Institute of Industrial…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Driving self-propelled mobile work equipment and lifting work equipment

Article D4153-26

It is forbidden to assign young people to drive motor quadricycles and agricultural or forestry tractors that are not fitted with a roll-over protection structure, or with this structure in the folded…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of delegations

Article R131-30

The delegation may be withdrawn by the Minister responsible for Sport, after consultation with the French National Olympic and Sports Committee and, when the discipline is specifically dedicated to di…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and conditions for carrying out preimplantation diagnosis

Article R2131-26-1

When a couple or an unmarried woman wishes to have recourse to preimplantation diagnosis under the conditions set out in article L. 2131-4-1, at least one doctor from the multidisciplinary team of the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and mandate

Article R112-1

In addition to the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, the institution's Board of Directors comprises: 1° The two Members of Parliament mentioned in article L. 112-1; 2° Ei…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L783-7

…les mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Definition and scope of application

Article L711-7

…mmerce, subject to the reservations set out in this article.They apply to over-indebtedness resulting solely from non-business debts. In this case, those of these provisions which concern the property…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-7

Non-profit humanitarian organisations may have a pharmaceutical establishment, which they own, which wholesales medicinal products to similar organisations with the same purpose in France or in a Stat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Hospital cooperatives of doctors

Article L6163-5

…ecins may allow non-member third parties to benefit from their services or to participate in carrying out operations within the scope of their objects. This option must be mentioned in the articles of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deposits required from legal entities whose registered office is on French territory.

Article R123-104

The instruments of incorporation of legal entities that are not registered or are governed by the legislation of a State that is not a member of the European Community or not a party to the Agreement…

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