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

Article R712-8

…is made therein of the option open to any person to make observations within a period of two months and to the persons mentioned in Article L. 712-4-1 to file an opposition to registration within the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents and European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-8

Within three months of the publication of European patent applications and where the language of the proceedings is not French, the Institut national de la propriété industrielle shall ensure the tran…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Interruption performed before the end of the fourteenth week of pregnancy.

Article L2212-8

…untary interruption of pregnancy, but must inform the person concerned without delay of her refusal and immediately inform her of the names of practitioners or midwives likely to carry out this proced…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Litigation concerning the invalidity and revocation of trademarks

Article R716-8

…a party has not submitted any observations by the end of the periods mentioned in Article R. 716-6 and, at the latest, on the day of the presentation of oral observations. The Director General of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Operation.

Article L4523-8

The authority responsible for policing the installations is invited to meetings of the social and economic committee and the health, safety and working conditions committee under the conditions set ou…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial assistance for employees, company directors or managers.

Article L7233-8

Financial assistance may be managed by the social and economic committee or the company, or jointly by the social and economic committee and the company. In the case of joint management, the social an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Samples taken from a living person.

Article R1211-8

…alth establishment which carries out the removal or collection shall bear the costs of examinations and treatment prescribed with a view to removal, all hospital costs, including the lump sum referred…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Termination of the agreement.

Article D3323-8

…procedure platform mentioned in article D. 2231-4 under the conditions provided for in this article and in II of article D. 2231-2. The denunciation of an agreement concluded within a social and econo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Transport and infrastructure management

Article R4424-8

…for a title of occupation constituting a real right over the public domain of the ports of Ajaccio and Bastia is addressed to the President of the Executive Council or to the concessionaire.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial assistance for employees, company directors or managers

Article D7233-8

The maximum amount of financial assistance is set at €1,830 per calendar year and per beneficiary.This maximum amount is revised annually, by joint order of the ministers responsible for the economy a…

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