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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Local chambers of commerce and industry of regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L711-25

Local chambers of commerce and industry carry out the local missions devolved to any territorial chamber of commerce and industry, in accordance with articles L. 711-1 to L. 711-4, in accordance with…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Appeals against the decision of the departmental committee.

Article L752-25

…thin a period of two years of the completion of the said project, shall be communicated, in accordance with the procedures laid down by decree, by each contracting party to the Prefect and the Regiona…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating rules

Article R321-25

…of five years. To issue the authorisation, the chairman of the commission checks that the person concerned has the required skills and guarantees with regard to the tasks entrusted to the inspection b…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General procedural rules

Article R331-25

…owing conditions on the date of the application for approval:1° Prove that they have been in existence for at least three years from the date of their declaration;2° Prove, during the period mentioned…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the Court of Appeal against decisions of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-25

…d containing, in addition to the particulars prescribed by 3° of Article 54 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and on pain of nullity:1° The unique identification number of the applicant company or any d…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compulsory licences in the interests of public health

Article R613-25

Amendments to the terms of the exploitation licence requested either by the owner of the patent or by the holder of that licence shall be decided and published in accordance with the procedure prescri…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-25

A request for the benefit of the filing date of one or more earlier applications shall not be admissible where: 1° It is not made at the time of filing of the patent application; 2° The filing date of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Joint Conciliation Committee

Article R615-25

Unless authorised by the chairman, only members of the commission and of the National Institute of Industrial Property as well as the parties and the persons assisting or representing them shall be pr…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3 : Issue of plant variety certificates

Article R623-25

On expiry of the time limit laid down in the preceding article, the person in charge of the tasks falling within the remit of the national plant variety authority shall decide on the application. He m…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: International applications

Article R614-25

With the exception of Article R. 612-31, the provisions set out in articles R. 612-26 to R. 612-32 are, taking into account the provisions of Articles L. 614-20 to L. 614-22, applicable to internation…

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