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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal dissemination of inventions

Article L612-22-1

…European patent with unitary effect in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012 of 17 December 2012; 2° Of the mention of a derogation pursuant to paragraph 3 of Article 83 of the Agr…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L341-18

Natural persons guilty of the offences punishable under articles L. 341-12 to L. 341-17 shall also incur as additional penalties the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 1…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Guarantee fund for policyholders against the failure of life and health insurance companies.

Article R423-16

…ccupational pension funds under the conditions provided for in Articles R. 334-3, R. 334-11, R. 334-17 and R. 385-1, up to the amount of the contribution paid by the undertaking or supplementary occup…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The European Economic Interest Grouping.

Article L252-9

…s such nullity is based on the unlawfulness of the object of the grouping. Articles 1844-12 to 1844-17 of the Civil Code shall apply.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Discipline.

Article L811-16

…shable by the penalties incurred for the offence of usurpation of title provided for by Article 433-17 of the Penal Code. The same penalties will apply to anyone who uses a name that is likely to caus…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Procedure

Article R514-5

…pplication for entry in the National Designs Register provided for in Articles R. 512-15 and R. 512-17 ; 4° The procedures for the simplified filings provided for in Article L. 512-2.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IIIa: Community service

Article 733-2

…'article 712-6. In the event of non-performance of community service, the provisions of article 712-17 shall apply.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Technical and financial profit-sharing

Article A132-10

…ed for individual and group contracts of all types, in accordance with Articles A. 132-11 to A. 132-17. For all these articles, references to the "mathematical provision" must be understood in the sen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L6355-23

…the court may, for the application of the penalties provided for in articles L. 6355-16 and L. 6355-17 and in the second paragraph of this article, order that the judgment be published, at the offende…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Rights of authorised professionals

Article R1111-20-8

…al Council, which is responsible for processing within the meaning ofarticle 3 of amendedlaw no. 78-17 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties. Access to the pharmaceutical recor…

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