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Showing 15211530 of 61067 articles for Art. L. n° 70-9 du 2 janvier 1970

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIa: Customs detention and criminal proceedings

Article L716-8-9

Once the offences provided for in articles L. 716-9 and L. 716-10, to the seizure of products unlawfully manufactured, imported, held, offered for sale, delivered or supplied and of equipment speciall…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Litigation

Article L716-4-9

…r a fine, in order to determine the origin and distribution networks of the allegedly infringing products that infringe the rights of the plaintiff, the production of any documents or information held…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IX : The Greater Paris Metropolis

Article L5219-9-1

…ritorial council is made up of a number of councillors determined pursuant to III and IV of article L. 5211-6-1.In each commune, the metropolitan councillor or councillors of the commune are designate…

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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

…The conditions and ceilings for compensation per policyholder, subscriber or beneficiary, the procedures and deadlines for compensation and the rules relating to customer information. The same decree…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 5: Free organisation of medical practice

Article R6146-9-2-1

I. - For the application of the second paragraph of article L. 6146-1-2, the director and the chairman of the establishment's medical commission inform the establishment's medical commission and the n…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-8-9

The management company is required to make the declarations stipulated in articles L. 225-126 and L. 233-7 of the French Commercial Code, for all shares held by the mutual funds it manages. The provis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant (Pay parking disputes commission)

Article L2333-87-9

…new question of law, presents a serious difficulty and arises in numerous disputes, the Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant may, by a decision that is not subject to appeal, refer the c…

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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 General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Personnel management

Article L1424-9-1

…regulatory provisions applicable to them. By way of derogation from article 40 of law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the territorial civil service, when they are req…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Société de libre partenariat (unincorporated partnership)

Article L214-162-9

…ovide. Where one or more sub-funds are formed within a société de libre partenariat, they are individually subject to the provisions applicable to sociétés de libre partenariat.II. - Notwithstandingar…

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