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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the Court of Appeal against decisions of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-26

…shall notify the appellant's lawyer so that he may proceed by way of service of the notice of appeal. On pain of the notice of appeal lapsing ex officio, service must be effected within one month of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-26

…the documents mentioned in the previous paragraph are submitted to the members' meeting for approval. To this end, these documents are sent to each member together with the text of the proposed resol…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: International applications

Article R614-26

The filing of an international application gives rise to payment of the transmittal fee provided for in Rule 14 of the Regulations under the Patent Cooperation Treaty. This fee must be paid before the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Joint Conciliation Committee

Article R615-26

In the event of a request from the party who has not referred the matter to the commission or of the consolidation of several requests relating to the same invention, the six-month period within which…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3 : Issue of plant variety certificates

Article R623-26

The plant variety certificate is issued by the person in charge of missions under the national plant variety authority. It is issued in the name of the holder of the plant variety certificate applicat…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article R712-26

The conditions for submitting the application and the contents of the file shall be specified by decision of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property, in particular as reg…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Training of lenders and intermediaries

Article D314-26

The vocational training referred to in 2° of Article D. 314-23 as well as the continuing education referred to in Article D. 314-25 : 1° Their purpose is to enable people to acquire legal, economic an…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Inspection of products before release for free circulation

Article R512-26

One of the samples is sent by the owner or keeper, at their expense, to one of the laboratories mentioned in articles R. 512-31 and R. 512-32, designated by the authorised agent.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation

Article R121-26

The Office français de l'immigration et de l'intégration may take in civil servants on secondment or secondment, as well as civil servants from public or private bodies managing a public service, with…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Decision by the Prefect

Article R434-26

The authority responsible for issuing authorisation to enter France for the purposes of family reunification is the prefect and, in Paris, the police prefect. This authority takes a decision on the ap…

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