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

Article L712-5-1

…in Article L. 714-5 or, in the case of a European Union trade mark, Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of 14 June 2017; 2° Or that there were just grounds for its non-use. For the purposes of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Appointments committees

Article L511-98

…rticle 435(2)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013.

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L410-2

…ices of goods, products and services covered prior to 1 January 1987 by Ordinance no. 45-1483 of 30 June 1945 are freely determined by competition.However, in sectors or areas where price competition…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Fines for transport companies that fail to comply with entry regulations

Article L821-6

…ks on French territory, from a State that is not a party to the Convention signed in Schengen on 19 June 1990, a foreigner who is not a national of a Member State of the European Union, the Republic o…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title I: FOREIGN ENFORCEMENT

Article R711-1

…) when crossing the external borders of the States party to the Convention signed in Schengen on 19 June 1990 ;2° The administration stamp when leaving the territories of Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Ma…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle II: Citizen participation in the trial of criminal cases.

Article R2

…drawn by lot before this date. The commission provided for by Article 262 meets during the month of June to draw up the annual list of jurors in accordance with article 263.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L754-1

…of the same table:Articles applicableIn the wording resulting fromL. 311-1 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 311-2Law no. 2023-171 of 9 March 2023 containing various provisions for adapting to Eur…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title IV: Clearing houses

Article D440-2

…ing of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regul…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Accounts, deposit of funds, controls and miscellaneous provisions

Article R814-29

…The special accounts of each judicial administrator and each judicial representative, closed on 30 June and 31 December, are audited by a statutory auditor. The judicial representative shall notify t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for authorisation

Article D3512-9-5

…lication, together with the information and documents requested, must be submitted no later than 30 June of the calendar year preceding the year for which approval is sought.II-Any application for ren…

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