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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Patents for invention

Article R616-1

From the day of publication, provided for in Article R. 612-39, the application for the utility certificate mentioned in Article L. 611-2, and until payment of the fee for issuing and printing the fas…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Companies required to be registered in the National Register of Companies

Article R123-239

…or registration with the National Register of Companies, via the single body referred to in article R. 123-1, within one month prior to the declared date of commencement of activity and, at the latest…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Penal provisions.

Article R247-1

…art, to trading on a regulated market for failing to make the publications provided for in articles R. 232-11 and R. 232-13. In the event of a repeat offence, the applicable fine is that provided for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment.

Article R131-8

…que has not been properly issued for one of the reasons mentioned in the first paragraph of Article R. 131-5, it informs the person who consulted the file without indicating the nature of the irregula…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-98

…ed in the General Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers, the limits defined in articles R. 214-96 and R. 214-97 do not apply to units or shares of French UCITS covered by sub-section 1 or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Role of blood transfusion establishments.

Article R1221-38

…establishments send their referring blood establishment the information mentioned in II of article R. 1221-36 and in 2° of article R. 1221-37. Decisions by the Director General of the Agence national…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: General procedural provisions.

Article R662-8

…11-3, may apply, with the agreement of the debtor, the provisions of the first paragraph of Article R. 662-7. He may also do so during the course of the mandataire ad hoc's assignment. The debtor may…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to the various companies.

Article R743-38

Subject to the condition precedent provided for in article R. 743-30, the capital securities or company shares allocated as consideration for the contributions in kind are deemed to be paid up by the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Mediation procedure

Article R2523-9

…ted either by the chairman of the regional conciliation commission, or in the case of 2° of article R. 2523-4 by the Prefect, the latter, acting on a proposal from the Regional Director for Business,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Clinical activities involving medically assisted procreation

Article R2142-22

The health care organisation in which the activities defined in 1° of Article R. 2142-1 are performed must have a doctor experienced in ultrasound and an anaesthetist-resuscitator. In addition, the es…

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