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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Legal proceedings

Article L615-8

Actions for infringement under this section shall be barred after five years from the day on which the owner of a right knew or should have known of the last fact enabling him to exercise it..

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: POLICE

Article L2215-8

Public analysis laboratories run by local authorities are an essential part of public health safety policy; these laboratories are an integral part of the risk prevention and health crisis management…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of the Order.

Article L4232-8

The central managing board of section C comprises fifteen members appointed or elected for six years: 1° A professor or senior lecturer in pharmacy training and research units, a pharmacist in active…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commercial development commissions.

Article L751-8

The conditions for appointing the members of the national commission and its chairman, as well as the procedures for its operation, are laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Forwarding agents.

Article L132-8

The consignment note forms a contract between the sender, the freight forwarder and the consignee or between the sender, the consignee, the freight forwarder and the freight forwarder. The freight for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Recruitment.

Article L1221-8

Job applicants are expressly informed of the methods and techniques used to assist recruitment prior to their implementation.The results obtained are confidential.The methods and techniques used to as…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Delegation hours

Article L2315-8

The procedures for using delegation hours for more than one month are defined by regulation.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-8

All industrial property attorneys must provide proof of insurance guaranteeing their professional civil liability for negligence and faults committed in the performance of their duties, as well as a g…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article L611-8

If an industrial property title has been applied for either for an invention taken from the inventor or his successors in title, or in breach of a legal or contractual obligation, the injured party ma…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 3: Sale by auction

Article L322-8

The auction may not give rise to a declaration of order.

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