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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Promotional communications

Article R1223-9

I. - In an emergency, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may suspend the authorisation for a maximum period of three months. II. - Withdraw…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title VI: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, the financing of terrorist activities and prohibited lotteries, games and betting

Article R562-9

The implied rejection decision referred to in 1° of Article R. 562-8 is made after a period of 15 days from the date of receipt of the application file and the decision referred to in 2°, after a peri…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Civil status of persons born abroad who acquire or recover French nationality.

Article 98-3

The deeds referred to in articles 98 to 98- 2 also indicate:- the date on which they were drawn up;- the name and signature of the civil registrar;- the entries made in the margin of the record of whi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to exceptional support for companies producing and distributing cinematographic works during the period of resumption of theatrical exhibition of cinematographic works

Article 914-1

In order to encourage the resumption of theatrical exhibition of cinematographic works, the methods for calculating the sums representing the automatic financial aid to which production companies and…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exceptional aid to offset fixed costs

Article 919-82

For each cinema, the amount of the direct allocation is determined by applying the percentage corresponding to the market share of this cinema to the amount of credits allocated to direct allocations.…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Appointment of members of the advisory committees for the amicable settlement of disputes

Article R2197-9

The representatives of the State mentioned in 3° of article R. 2197-6 and in 2° of article R. 2197-7 and the representatives of the local authorities, their groupings or their public establishments wh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-9

I. - The endorsement transmits all the rights resulting from the bill of exchange. II. - If the endorsement is in blank, the bearer may: 1° Fill in the blank, either with his name or with the name of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article R645-9

The quantified statement of receivables and debts mentioned in 5° of Article R. 631-1 may be completed by the debtor within fifteen days of the judgment opening the professional recovery procedure. Th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pay slip

Article R3243-9

The online service associated with the personal activity account, mentioned in 2° of II of article L. 5151-6, enables the account holder to consult all pay slips issued in electronic form. The employe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Title IV: The interprofessional ambulatory care company

Article R4041-9

I.-The competent local Bar Council will check that the articles of association and appendices of the interprofessional ambulatory care company comply with the legislative and regulatory provisions in…

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