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Showing 77517760 of 8144 articles for Art. 9 juill. 1979

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for taking up the activity of financial investment adviser

Article L541-4

…eedings or receivership proceedings instituted against a person referred to in II of article L. 621-9. By way of derogation from the provisions of II of Article L. 621-4, the Autorité des marchés fina…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter 1-2: Examination of genetic characteristics, genetic identification and genetic research.

Article L1541-5

…eption of the words in II: "By way of derogation from Article L. 6211-11 and II of Article L. 6211-19" and the words: "authorised in application of Article L. 1131-2-1";5° Article L. 1131-3, in the ve…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to insurance and reinsurance undertakings.

Article R322-11-1

…accordance with the provisions of article L. 233-4, I and IV of article L. 233-7 and article L. 233-9 of the French Commercial Code. No account is taken of voting rights or shares held by credit insti…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article R326-1

…of a foreign company, under the responsibility of the authorised agent provided for in article L. 329-1, as soon as an injunction to do so is issued by the aforementioned authority. When the known ins…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Special regulations concerning certain assets of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-13

…by Book II of the Mutual Code, or to provident institutions and unions governed by Title 3 of Book 9 of the Social Security Code. 2° Receivables representing securities loans are accepted as collater…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR BOOK III

Article R2623-1

…371-6, the reference to the Prefect is replaced by the reference to the representative of the State;9° The second paragraph of article R. 2383-1 reads as follows: "This notice is published in the Bull…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR BOOK III

Article R2643-1

…le R. 2371-6, the reference to the Prefect is replaced by the reference to the State representative;9° The second paragraph of article R. 2383-1 reads as follows: "This notice is published in the Bull…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R2661-4

…nition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises" and the words: "within the meaning of Article 19 I of amended law no. 96-603 of 5 July 1996 relating to the development and promotion of trade and…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R2651-4

…nition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises" and the words: "within the meaning of Article 19 I of amended law no. 96-603 of 5 July 1996 relating to the development and promotion of trade and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L621-4

…ening judgment, the court appoints the official receiver whose duties are defined in article L. 621-9. It may, if necessary, appoint more than one. The president of the court, if he has dealt with the…

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