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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-18

Membership shares may not be pledged. Their nominal amount may not be less than 152.45 euros. Interest shares allocated to contributors in industry are non-transferable. They are cancelled when their…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-13

…er the suspensive condition of its registration on the national list of industrial property attorneys. In accordance with the third paragraph of Article 1 of Law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966, it sha…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-15

…cessary to provide each partner with a copy and to comply with the provisions of l'article 7 du décret n° 78-704 du 3 juillet 1978 et à celles de la présente sous-section.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: National Design Litigation

Article R521-1

…is twenty working days or thirty-one calendar days, whichever is longer, from the date of the order..

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Legal proceedings

Article R615-1

…t it does not have jurisdiction and shall refer the parties back to the court for further proceedings.When, in the course of proceedings, unitary effect is conferred on the European patent in dispute,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation at national level

Article R1114-19

…nt attached to the national headquarters and are registered in the register provided for in article R. 123-220 of the French Commercial Code. Where justified by specific local circumstances, the Union…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation at national level

Article R1114-18

…ivities in accordance with the procedures laid down in its articles of association and internal rules.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and special conditions

Article R1125-16

When an unmarried couple or woman undergoing medically assisted procreation is asked to take part in research involving the human person carried out in the context of medically assisted procreation, t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and special conditions

Article R1125-14

Research involving the human person carried out in the context of medically assisted procreation means research which complies with the conditions laid down in Title II of Book I of Part One of this C…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and special conditions

Article R1125-19

…ian if the Committee does not include such a specialist. These specialists take part in Committee meetings for the purposes of the research in question and in deliberations relating to this research.

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