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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Legal proceedings

Article L615-21

If one of the parties so requests, any dispute relating to the application of Articles L. 611-7 and L. 611-7-1 shall be submitted to a joint conciliation commission, chaired by a magistrate of the jud…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents and European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-10

Except in cases of nullity actions and by derogation from the first paragraph of Article L. 614-7, where a French-language translation has been produced under the conditions set out in the second para…

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

Article L712-4

Within two months of publication of the application for registration, an opposition may be filed with the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle against an application…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conformity

Article L451-6

Natural persons guilty of the offences punishable under articles L 451-1 to L. 451-4 also incur as additional penalties the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures laid down by the Article 131-…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: PENALTIES

Article L454-5

Natural persons guilty of the offences punishable under articles L. 454-1 to L. 454-3 shall also incur, as additional penalties, the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures set out in the Artic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Membership scheme

Article L424-5

The rules of the multilateral trading facility shall lay down the conditions for admission to membership of the facility, based on objective criteria, in a transparent and non-discriminatory manner. W…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L513-26

Notwithstanding articles 1349 of the French Civil Code and L. 228-44 and L. 228-74 of the French Commercial Code, sociétés de crédit foncier may subscribe to their own "obligations foncières" for the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Local savings companies

Article L512-93

The following may be members of a local savings company: public inter-municipal cooperation bodies with their own tax status and, under the conditions set out in the Articles of Association, natural p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Negotiations on pay, working time and the sharing of added value

Article L2242-15

The annual negotiations on pay, working time and the sharing of added value within the company cover : 1° Actual salaries ; 2° The actual duration and organisation of working time, in particular the i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Members of the social and economic committee staff delegation

Article L2412-3

The termination of the fixed-term employment contract of an elected member of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee or of a trade union representative on the social and economic co…

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