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Showing 48814890 of 8285 articles for Art. 9 juill. 2003

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Discriminatory refusal of care

Article R1541-1

I.- Pursuant to article 6-2 of organic law no. 99-209 of 19 March 1999 relating to New Caledonia and article 7 of organic law no. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polyne…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article L775-15

…e same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 521-1 Ordinance no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 521-2 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 521-3 Order no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 bis: Withholding of income tax at source

Article 119 quater

1. The withholding tax provided for in 1 of article 119 bis as well as the levy provided for in III of Article 125 A is not applicable to interest understood, for the application of this article, as i…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-3

I. - By way of derogation from Article 509-2, applications for the recognition or establishment of enforceability, on the territory of the Republic, of foreign notarial authentic instruments pursuant…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Cases of force majeure.

Article L1234-13

…from the application of articles L. 1234-5, relating to compensation in lieu of notice, and L. 1234-9, relating to compensation for dismissal.This compensation is payable by the employer.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-10

The provisions of article L. 342-9 do not apply either to ski lifts organised by the départements before 10 January 1985 or to ski lifts located within a geographical perimeter, defined by decree of t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article R612-21

…of the documents within two months. The period referred to in the third paragraph of Article L. 612-9 shall be suspended until such time as this translation is provided.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Terms and conditions of office

Article L6224-10

…rights of the victim to obtain from the perpetrators of the offences referred to in article LO 6224-9 the return of sums paid to the elected representative concerned. It also has a direct action for t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Terms and conditions of office

Article L6325-10

…rights of the victim to obtain from the perpetrators of the offences referred to in article LO 6325-9 the return of sums paid to the elected representative concerned. It also has a direct action for t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article R17-1

…n of any orders subjecting the latter to one of the obligations provided for in 1°, 2°, 3°, 4°, 8°, 9°, 12°, 14° and 17° of Article 138, as well as any orders abolishing, amending or dispensing with t…

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