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Showing 35613570 of 10563 articles for Art. CE 27-9-2006 n° 285279

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Intervention by the fund in the event of the withdrawal of an insurance undertaking's administrative authorisation

Article L421-9-6

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat specifies : 1° The conditions and ceilings for compensation per policyholder, subscriber or beneficiary, the procedures and deadlines for compensation and the rules rela…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Aid for sickness, maternity, paternity and adoption

Article R1435-9-10

…wing conditions are met: 1° Having worked as a substitute under the contract for the start of practice during the three months prior to the month in which the work stoppage begins; 2° Having reached,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article L1111-9-2

In each region, a regional conference for the governance of the policy to reduce the artificialisation of land is established. I.-The composition and number of members of the regional conference for t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Other duties and taxes

Article 990 I bis

…th the Caisse des dépôts et consignations, were owed, directly or indirectly, by one or more insurance and similar bodies due to the death of the insured or due to the maturity of a life insurance con…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3a: Similar biological medicinal products

Article R5121-9-3

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité des médicaments et des produits de santé: 1° Suspends or withdraws the decision referred to in 1° of Article R. 5121-9-2 identifying a similar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Inter-company occupational health and prevention services.

Article L4622-9-3

Each inter-company occupational health and prevention service is subject to a certification procedure, carried out by an independent body, with the aim of making an assessment using benchmarks on : 1°…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Copyright owners

Article L113-9-1

…agreement by a private or public legal entity carrying out research create software in the performance of their duties or according to the instructions of the host structure, their economic rights in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of asset freezing orders issued by foreign authorities

Article 695-9-11

The freezing order and the certificate issued by the judicial authority of the issuing State shall be transmitted, in accordance with the procedures laid down in article 695-9-6, to the territorially…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operating conditions

Article R1435-9-3

The doctor practising as a replacement or the student fulfilling the conditions laid down in article L. 4131-2 undertakes, for the duration of the contract, to carry out a replacement activity in one…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Prevention and settlement of conflicts of exercise of jurisdiction pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 30 November 2009

Article 695-9-55

…l authority pursuant to this Code, and subject to confidentiality, of information, from criminal proceedings, relating to the facts, circumstances, identity of the persons implicated or prosecuted and…

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