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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Commitments giving rise to a diversification provision

Article R134-9

The technical provisions corresponding to the operations of the insurance undertaking covered by Article L. 134-1 are those mentioned in 1°, 4°, 7°, 9°, 10° and 11° of Article R. 343-3. They are enter…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Establishments authorised to collect cells for therapeutic purposes

Article R1242-9

To be authorised to carry out cell harvesting for therapeutic purposes, applicant establishments must : 1° Demonstrate that they have an organisation and operating conditions that allow the satisfacto…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Measures to boost audiovisual production

Article 916-35

In order to relaunch the production and preparation of audiovisual works, direct allocations are granted in addition to the sums invested pursuant to Articles 211-66 and 311-57, in respect of applicat…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IX: Parental authority

Article 1210-9

…ent of the return decision, the public prosecutor with jurisdiction pursuant to article 34-1 of law n° 95-125 of 8 January 1995 to directly request the police force in order to enforce the decision is…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4 : The impossibility for French nationals established outside France to celebrate their marriage abroad

Article 171-9

As an exception to articles 74 and 165, where the future spouses of the same sex, at least one of whom has French nationality, have their domicile or residence in a country that does not authorise mar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-9

Where they concern statutory auditors carrying out assignments with public interest entities, audits of their professional activity shall be carried out by auditors of the Haut conseil du commissariat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Declaration of the opening of the laboratory and changes to its operation

Article D6222-9

No later than two months before any change relating to the general organisation of the laboratory other than one of the site opening or transfer operations mentioned in the first paragraph of I and II…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Supporting documents and other evidence of the absence of grounds for exclusion

Article R2143-9

In order to prove that he is not in one of the cases of exclusion mentioned in article L. 2141-3, the candidate shall produce his unique identification number enabling the purchaser to access the rele…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Operations.

Article D514-9

I. - Any person pledging items must sign the deed recording the pledge of these items. This deed shall be drawn up in writing or on another durable medium.II. - The deed formalising the agreement of t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 13: Electrical and electronic equipment

Article L242-46

Any breach of article L. 224-109 is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €3,000 for a natural person and €15,000 for a legal entity. This fine is imposed under the conditions set out in Chapt…

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