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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Classification committee reports and opinions

Article R211-9

The Minister may ask the Classification Committee to carry out a further examination.The procedure set out in the previous paragraph is compulsory if the Minister responsible for culture intends to ta…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compliance with company admission conditions

Article 122-9

I.-The Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée ensures compliance with the general conditions for admission of companies to financial aid, in particular by means of the following documents: 1°…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Conversion to attachment for payment

Article R523-9

From the date of service, the debtor has a period of fifteen days to contest the conversion deed before the enforcement judge of the place where he resides. This time limit is prescribed on pain of in…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Exclusions at the buyer's discretion

Article L2141-9

The purchaser may exclude from the procedure for awarding a contract those persons in respect of whom he has sufficient evidence or a body of serious, reliable and concordant evidence to deduce that t…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Abnormally low bids from subcontractors

Article L2193-9

If, after verification of the evidence provided by the tenderer or the contract holder, the purchaser establishes that the amount of the subcontracted services is abnormally low, he shall reject the t…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to subsequent contracts

Article R2162-9

For contracting authorities, where a framework agreement is concluded with a single economic operator, subsequent contracts are awarded under the conditions laid down in the framework agreement. Prior…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-9

All acts transmitting or modifying the rights attached to a patent application or patent must, in order to be enforceable against third parties, be entered in a register, known as the National Patent…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Prohibition on returning to French territory

Article L612-9

Unless they have not complied with a previous decision requiring them to leave French territory or if their behaviour constitutes a threat to public order, articles L. 612-6, L. 612-7 and L. 612-8 do…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-9

The extradition request is, after verification of the documents, forwarded, together with the file, by the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Minister of Justice who, after ensuring that the request i…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent and temporary sports stadiums

Article A312-9

In sports establishments subject to homologation, a "homologation notice", the model for which is reproduced in appendix III-4 of this code, is displayed in a visible and indelible manner near the mai…

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