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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.

Article R464-24-7

…tition Authority and, where applicable, to the respondent having asked the rapporteur general for access to the confidential version of a document that it considers necessary to exercise its rights.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Periods of work experience in a professional environment

Article D5134-71-1

One or more periods of work experience may be prescribed for an employee on an initiative-employment contract, with his agreement and that of his employer. Each of these periods is the subject of an a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Periods of work experience in a professional environment

Article D5134-71-2

The cumulative duration of all the periods of work experience undertaken during the employment initiative contract may not represent more than 25% of the total duration of the contract.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article L335-7-2

…e suspension provided for in articles L. 335-7 and L. 335-7-1 and determine the length of the sentence, the court shall take into account the circumstances and seriousness of the offence, as well as t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-51-7

The société de participations financières de profession libérale de conseil en propriété industrielle shall notify the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle of any cha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Rules specific to the drawing of lots

Article D1411-58-7

…ne, from among the persons called upon to appoint a single member or an odd number of members, if necessary taking into account the members whose term of office has been renewed under the conditions p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-79-1

The acts relating to the future protection mandate provided for in the third paragraph of Article 477 of the Civil Code give rise to the collection of the fees provided for in Article A. 444-79.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article R714-7-2

…an express decision within the period mentioned in Article R. 714-7-1, the application is deemed accepted.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators.

Article R811-28-7

I.-The panel for the examination referred to in article R. 811-28-5 is composed as follows: 1° A professor of higher education or lecturer responsible for teaching law in the field of the speciality a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Application for authorisation

Article R212-7-5

On receipt of the application, if the file is complete, the Prefect will inform the applicant of his registration number and the date by which he must be notified of the decision. Subject to the provi…

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