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

Article L612-21

The Institut national de la propriété industrielle shall ensure publication, under conditions defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, by mention in the Bulletin officiel de la propriété industrielle,…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-21

…ghts in the patent; it shall render unenforceable against the seizing creditor any subsequent modification of the rights attached to the patent. On pain of nullity of the seizure, the seizing creditor…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations attached to plant variety certificates

Article L623-21

The rights attached to an ex-officio licence may not be assigned or transferred.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article L615-21

If one of the parties so requests, any dispute relating to the application of Articles L. 611-7 and L. 611-7-1 shall be submitted to a joint conciliation commission, chaired by a magistrate of the jud…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Filing of international applications

Article L614-21

…be extended, at the request of the Minister of Defence, for a renewable period of one year. In this case, the request is not forwarded to the International Bureau set up by the Washington Treaty. Exte…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to the Bibliothèque nationale de France

Article R122-21

…entioned in article R. 122-15 and is published on the website of the Ministry of Culture and Communication.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Bills of exchange and promissory notes

Article L314-21

The the provisions of Article L. 511-5 of the French Commercial Code shall apply to bills of exchange and promissory notes subscribed or endorsed by borrowers, even those of full age, in connection wi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Valuation of the property

Article L313-21

…value of the property after analysing all the documents provided by the lender that are useful for carrying out the valuation in accordance with the standards in force.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 7: Termination of the transaction

Article L315-21

…e value of the property ultimately proves to be less than this estimate, the lender's claim is then capped:- either at the auction price of the property if the mortgagee has the property seized and so…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Advertising and general information

Article L341-21

The fact that an advertiser disseminates or causes to be disseminated advertising that does not comply with the obligations set out in articles L. 313-3 to L. 313-5 is punishable by a fine of 30,000 e…

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