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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Takeover bid

Article L2312-51

…of the company which is the subject of the offer within the meaning of Articles L. 233-1, L. 233-3 and L. 233-16 of the Commercial Code, it shall report to the social and economic committee of that c…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: National Patent Register

Article R613-57

Changes of name, legal form, address and corrections of material errors shall be entered at the request of the proprietor of the patent application or patent, who must be the proprietor entered in the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: National Patent Register

Article R613-58

In the event of non-compliance with an application for registration, the applicant will be notified and given reasons. The applicant is given a period in which to regularise the application or submit…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: National Patent Register

Article R613-59

Any entry made in the National Patent Register shall be mentioned in the Bulletin officiel de la propriété industrielle. Any interested person may obtain from the Institute: 1° A reproduction of the e…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: National Patent Register

Article R613-56

…located outside France, a copy of a document equivalent to the extract of registration in the Trade and Companies Register up to the date of the change;3° Upon justification that it is materially impo…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: National Patent Register

Article R613-53

…ty.Included therein, for each patent application or patent: 1° The identification of the applicant, and the references of the patent application or patent, as well as subsequent acts affecting its exi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: National Patent Register

Article R613-54

The indications mentioned in 1° of Article R. 613-53 shall be recorded at the initiative of the National Institute of Industrial Property or, in the case of a court decision, at the request of the Reg…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: National Patent Register

Article R613-55

…ation, constitution or assignment of a right of pledge or waiver of such right, seizure, validation and release of seizure, shall be recorded at the request of one of the parties to the deed, or, if h…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Information for beneficiaries

Article R2191-59

The beneficiaries of pledges or assignments of receivables may not intervene in any way in the performance of the contract.They may only require from the purchaser or the assigning accounting officer…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Job security contract

Article D1233-50

…ducational cost of each training course as well as, where applicable, the costs of transport, meals and accommodation. By way of derogation from article D. 1233-49, if no response is received to the c…

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