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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: European patents

Article L614-4

…t paragraph may be granted at any time. Subject to the provisions of the first paragraph of Article L. 614-5, it shall be acquired ipso jure at the end of a period of four months from the filing of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating conditions

Article L425-4

…trading system shall take all measures necessary to comply with the prohibition set out in Article L. 420-2 for the execution of members' orders on the system, whether by committing its own capital o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Relations with the statutory auditors

Article L612-45

…urt to remove the statutory auditor from office in accordance with the procedures set out inArticle L. 823-7 of the Commercial Code. The Chairman of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolutio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Application of the provisions of European Union law to Saint-Barthélemy

Article L712-4

…e identification details of these persons or entities in the national register mentioned in article L. 562-9. These measures are enforceable from the date of publication. They cease as soon as the ide…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.

Article L954-4

The I of Article L. 442-5 is amended as follows:1° The last sentence of the first paragraph is replaced by the following provisions: "The cessation of advertising may be ordered by the examining magis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: General principles

Article L1130-4

…e that the person does not object under the conditions laid down in the second paragraph of Article L. 1130-3. If the person does not object, the doctor shall inform the family members potentially con…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Despecialisation.

Article L145-49

…the request. Such acquiescence shall not prevent the exercise of the rights provided for in article L. 145-50.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Despecialisation.

Article L145-47

…tification referred to in the previous paragraph, it may, notwithstanding the provisions of Article L. 145-38, be taken into account when setting the rent, if the adjoining commercial activities have…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Opening a branch and exercising the freedom to provide services

Article L382-4

…abour law of that State, it shall take the necessary measures from among those mentioned in Article L. 612-33 of the Monetary and Financial Code to put an end to this infringement.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Drinks advertising.

Article L3323-4

…erences relating to production areas, awards obtained, designations of origin as defined in article L. 115-1 of the Consumer Code or geographical indications as defined in duly ratified international…

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