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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article R611-3

Where the classification implies the opening in favour of the employer of the right of attribution, the declaration shall be accompanied by a description of the invention. This description sets out: 1…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: MEDIATION

Article L611-3

Mediation of consumer disputes does not apply to:1° Disputes between professionals;2° Complaints made by the consumer to the professional's customer service department;3° Direct negotiations between t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 12: Work with pressurised equipment

Article D4153-33

I.-It is forbidden for young people to carry out work involving handling, monitoring, checking and intervention on pressure vessels subject to in-service monitoring pursuant to article L. 557-28 of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Organisation

Article R2541-3

The references made by articles R. 2142-1, R. 2142-3 and R. 2142-10 insofar as they refer to the legislative provisions of Chapter I of Title II of Book I of this Part shall be understood as referring…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Public health policy coordination committees

Article D1443-3

For its application to La Réunion, article D. 1432-6 is amended as follows:1° In 3°, the words: "regional director" are replaced by the words: "the head of the regional department responsible for" and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Renewal procedure

Article R5221-34

Renewal of one of the work permits referred to in articles R. 5221-32 and R. 5221-33 may be refused where : 1° The foreign national concerned fails to comply with the terms of the work permit he or sh…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to certain properties

Article R162-3

A debtor may only be made available again in the event of a new seizure taking place after the expiry of a period of one month following the seizure that gave rise to the previous making available. Du…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Implementation.

Article L2331-3

In the event of a dispute arising from the application of Articles L. 2331-1, L. 2331-2 and L. 2331-6, the social and economic committee or the representative trade union organisations in the company…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article R512-38

If it emerges from the laboratory report that the sample does not comply with the characteristics to which the product must conform, the administrative department to which the authorised official repo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2 : Management and administration of sociétés anonymes.

Article R225-39

Unless otherwise stipulated in the Articles of Association, the members of the Management Board may, with the authorisation of the Supervisory Board, divide the duties of management among themselves.…

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