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Showing 11311140 of 32301 articles for Art. 9 May 2017

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-9

…objectives pursued for each mode of exploitation, as well as the conditions under which the author may have access to the essential characteristics of the said technological measures or information i…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Title I: Civil rights

Article 9-1

…nted as being guilty of acts that are the subject of a judicial investigation or enquiry, the judge may, even in summary proceedings, without prejudice to compensation for the damage suffered, prescri…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Disciplinary proceedings before the Enforcement Committee

Article R232-96

…nforcement Committee assist the panel in organising the hearing and during the hearing itself. They may attend but not participate in the deliberations.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Conditions relating to aid intensity

Article 411-9

…e total amount of aid for the production of a given short-lived cinematographic or audiovisual work may not:1° Exceed 80% of the final production cost of this work and, in the case of an international…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for salaried employment.

Article L5221-9

…rangers et du Droit d'Asile (Code on the Entry and Residence of Foreigners and the Right of Asylum) may only be hired after the employer has declared his or her name to the administrative authorities.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Procedures for exercising the right to the assistance of an interpreter and the translation of certain documents in the proceedings

Article D594-9

…Article 803-5, this shall be mentioned in the minutes or in the notes of the hearings. This mention may, where appropriate, appear in the document itself, in particular in the convening minutes provid…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Nullity, dissolution and liquidation.

Article R4113-98

…the Articles of Association, the net assets resulting from the liquidation. The liquidator's powers may be specified by the court decision or the decision of the shareholders appointing him. The court…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Regional public vocational training service

Article R6121-9

…dure for acquiring the vocational certification classified at level 4 or lower to which it leads.It may also include the payment by the region of enrolment fees and any ancillary costs, in particular…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Litigation

Article L722-9

In addition to the cases provided for by European Union regulations, the customs administration may, at the written request of a person authorised to use a geographical indication or of any organisati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L2333-97

I.-Municipalities may, by deliberation of the municipal council, institute a sweeping tax, the proceeds of which may not exceed the expenses incurred by sweeping the surface area of roads delivered to…

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