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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article R613-59

…ain from the Institute: 1° A reproduction of the entries made in the National Patent Register; 2° A certificate stating that no entry exists.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article R613-56

By way of derogation from 2° of Article R. 613-55, may be produced with the application:1° In the event of a transfer by death, a copy of any deed establishing the transfer, at the request of the heir…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

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
Chapter III: Patent rights

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
Chapter III: Patent rights

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 Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Civil solidarity pacts

Article 515-5-2

However, the exclusive property of each partner remains: 1° Money received by each of the partners, in any capacity whatsoever, subsequent to the conclusion of the pact and not used to acquire propert…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Bodies of the commune

Article L2573-5

I. - The provisions of Chapter I of Title II of Book I of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the right-hand colum…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Monitoring and control of posted workers

Article R1263-11-3-1

I.-When the Labour Inspectorate monitoring officer, or the equivalent monitoring officer referred to in the last paragraph of Article L. 8112-1, observes the breach referred to in Article L. 1263-4-2,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Chairman and Vice-Chairman

Article R6144-5-1

The duties of the chairman of the hospital medical board end when he resigns and submits his resignation to the chairman of the hospital board or when the term of office of the hospital medical board…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to certain offences against the rules governing public land transport services

Article 529-5-1

Officers of the public prosecutor's office at one or more police courts, the list and jurisdiction of which shall be determined by decree, shall be competent to issue enforcement orders for the increa…

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