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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Technical protection and information measures

Article L331-9

Television service publishers and distributors may not use technical measures that would have the effect of depriving the public of the benefit of the private copy exception, including on a medium and…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Proceedings with compulsory representation.

Article 911-1

The Conseiller de la mise en état may of his own motion, by order and by reason of the nature of the case, set shorter time limits than those provided for in Articles 908 to 910. The lapse of the stat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article L752-9

…when the loan is taken out for the total amount and the total term of the loan;2° The interest rate may be fixed or variable. A Conseil d'Etat decree determines the indices and index spreads authorise…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article L753-9

…when the loan is taken out for the total amount and the total term of the loan;2° The interest rate may be fixed or variable. A Conseil d'Etat decree determines the indices and index spreads authorise…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions specific to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L772-9

…on of the assessment or partial or total payment of taxes provided for by local tax regulations, it may pass this information on to the local authority's tax authorities. It may also pass on informati…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Court-appointed estate agents.

Article 813-9

…quest of one of the persons mentioned in the second paragraph of Article 813-1 or Article 814-1, it may extend it for a period it determines. The mission ceases ipso jure by the effect of an indivisio…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations of undivided co-owners.

Article 815-9

Each undivided co-owner may use and enjoy the undivided property in accordance with its intended purpose, to the extent compatible with the rights of the other undivided co-owners and with the effect…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Arrest and surrender

Article 627-9

…ase or the lifting or modification of judicial supervision or electronically monitored house arrest may be made at any time to the Investigating Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal, which shall proce…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4221-9

The Minister for Health or, by delegation, the Director General of the Centre National de Gestion may, after obtaining the opinion of a commission composed in particular of health professionals, indiv…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R531-9

…ation from article R. 531-8, the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons may send correspondence relating to the asylum application to a different address communicated for t…

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