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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5421-9

Attempted offences under articles L. 5421-2 and L. 5421-3 are punishable by the same penalties.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.

Article L936-9

For the application of Article L. 611-7, L. 626-6 and L. 643-3, the institutions governed by Book IX of the Social Security Code are the complementary or supplementary retirement or provident institut…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Usury rates

Article L314-9

The provisions of articles L. 314-6 to L. 314-8 do not apply to loans granted to a natural person acting for professional purposes or to a legal entity engaged in an industrial, commercial, craft, agr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Operating conditions.

Article L811-9

People on the list are expected to carry out their duties throughout France.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Procedure for consulting employee representatives specific to collective redundancies.

Article L1233-9

In companies with a central company social and economic committee, the employer convenes a meeting of the central social and economic committee and the social and economic committee(s) of the establis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-9

…ss of the company is continued during the observation period, subject to the provisions of articles L. 622-10 to L. 622-16.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Delegation hours

Article L2315-9

…d'Etat determines the conditions under which the full members of the staff delegation of the Social and Economic Committee may, each month, divide the delegation time available to them between themsel…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Combating the international spread of disease.

Article L3115-9

…the representative of the State with territorial jurisdiction organises health checks on travellers and means of sea and air transport at the points of entry to the country mentioned in article L. 311…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Remuneration.

Article L7123-9

Expenses advanced by the modelling agency for the promotion and development of the model's career may only be reimbursed by means of successive deductions not exceeding a percentage of the amount of w…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions common to corporate officers of sociétés anonymes.

Article L225-95

…e supervisory board, as the case may be, may exceed the number of eighteen provided for in articles L. 225-17 and L. 225-69, for a period of three years from the date of the merger set at Article L. 2…

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