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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article R613-62

The documentary opinion is placed in the patent file. Mention shall be made of its issue in the Bulletin officiel de la propriété industrielle.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article R613-60

…L. 612-23 is drawn up on the basis of the search report at the written request of the patent proprietor, any other interested person or any administrative authority. Documents not mentioned in the sea…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Election of consular delegates

Article R713-61

In the event of partial or total annulment which has become final of the elections of the consular delegates and unless this annulment is pronounced less than one year before a general renewal, a new…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Election of consular delegates

Article R713-60

…e contested by any voter and by the prefect under the conditions set out in articles L. 248, R. 119 to R. 122 of the electoral code. However, the five-day period provided for in the first paragraph of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Election of consular delegates

Article R713-62

…holiday or a Saturday, they are postponed until the first working day thereafter. The same applies to the application of the order provided for in the second paragraph of Article R. 713-61.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Polling station

Article R2122-60

…ting systems have been sealed, that they are working properly, that the vote counter has been reset to zero and that the electronic ballot boxes are empty.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Exceptional entry of sums on the automatic account

Article 919-61

Distribution companies may only invest the sums exceptionally entered in their automatic accounts until 31 December 2022. Failing this, the distribution companies will lose their right to invest them.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Exceptional entry of sums on the automatic account

Article 919-60

For each distribution company, the amount of the sums entered on an exceptional basis is equivalent to the amount of the sums entered on its automatic account which lapsed on 31 December 2021 pursuant…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Appeals to the Court of Cassation

Article 600

…advantage against the party being prosecuted of the violation or omission of the rules established to ensure the latter's defence.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VI: Transfers from one court to another

Article 666

…forementioned grounds shall be served on the parties concerned at the instance of the Public Prosecutor at the Cour de cassation.

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