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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Revitalisation of employment areas.

Article L1233-90-1

A national framework agreement for revitalisation is concluded between the Minister for Employment and the company when the job losses concern at least three départements.In determining the amount of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct

Article L541-9-1

Financial investment advisers are treated in the same way as investment service providers other than portfolio management companies for the purposes of Article L. 533-12-7.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers of the overseas regions in relation to economic development and regional planning

Article L4433-10-9

The regional development plan may be amended on the initiative and under the guidance of the president of the deliberative assembly of the region, department or local authority where the proposed amen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Receivership.

Article L631-9-1

If the shareholders' equity has not been reconstituted in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 626-3, the administrator is entitled to request the appointment of a court-appointed agen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-9

Information may be provided to employees by any means, specified by regulation, likely to make the date of its receipt by the employees certain. When information is provided by registered letter with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-9-1

Where a medicinal product is authorised in another Member State of the European Union or a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, but is not the subject in France of either the ma…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.

Article L462-9-1

…roceedings which have been the subject of information by the Competition Authority pursuant to Article 11(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003, the Competition Authority shall inform the European Commissio…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-9

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

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-9-3-1

…year, the insurance undertakings, provident institutions and associations referred to in I of article L. 132-9-3 publish the number and outstanding value of unpaid contracts, each in respect of its o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions applicable to the publication of a musical work

Article L132-17-9

Agreements relating to the respective obligations of authors and music publishers and the penalties for non-compliance, and dealing with professional practices, concluded between the professional orga…

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