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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions relating to elections.

Article D4233-9

Candidate pairs or full candidates, together with their alternates, standing for election to the regional and central councils shall send their joint declaration of candidacy to the head office of the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-9-4

I.-The report on the application of articles L. 132-9-2 and L. 132-9-3 provided for in article L. 132-9-3-1 is published annually on the insurance undertaking's website or on any other durable medium…

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

Article L1233-90

The maisons de l'emploi may participate, under conditions laid down by agreement with the companies concerned, in the implementation of measures relating to the revitalisation of employment areas.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: The national member of Eurojust

Article 695-9

The national member may participate, as Eurojust's representative, in the setting up and operation of joint investigation teams.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Operation.

Article L2343-9

…pment of the activities of the Community-scale undertaking or Community-scale group of undertakings and its prospects. The directors of the establishments or the heads of the undertakings in the group…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Abnormally low bids from subcontractors

Article R2193-9

Where the amount of the subcontracting appears to be abnormally low, the purchaser shall apply the provisions of articles R. 2152-3 to R. 2152-5.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L321-9

…sale, to designate the last bidder as the successful bidder or to declare the property not awarded and to draw up the minutes of this sale. The minutes are drawn up no later than one clear day after…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Documents to be given to the employee

Article R1221-9

When an employee is recruited, the employer must provide him/her with a copy of the declaration prior to recruitment or the acknowledgement of receipt.This obligation is deemed to have been met if the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Establishment and composition

Article D49-9

The head of an association for the reintegration of convicted persons and the head of a victim support association, members of the chamber for the enforcement of sentences of the court of appeal pursu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Risk assessment

Article R4453-9

…y on the competent employee(s) referred to in Article L. 4644-1 or, failing that, on the consultant and bodies referred to in the same article.

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