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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Copyright owners

Article L113-9-1

Unless otherwise stipulated, where persons not covered by article L. 113-9 and who are hosted under an agreement by a private or public legal entity carrying out research create software in the perfor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Contract and cluster project

Article R6146-9-2

The internal regulations of the hospital establishment or of the regional hospital grouping in the case of inter-establishment clusters define the main principles governing the operation of the cluste…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Termination of service.

Article R6152-630-9

Practitioners who, within six years of the contractual termination, are recruited to take up a post in the establishment from which they received a specific contractual termination indemnity are requi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: European professional card for mountain guides

Article R212-94-2

In the case referred to in 1° of article R. 212-94-1, in which France is the host Member State, the application for a European professional mountain guide card, accompanied by the required supporting…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Disciplinary proceedings before the Enforcement Committee

Article R232-90-1

I.- Once the notification of grievances has been sent to the Enforcement Committee, the Chairman of the Enforcement Committee assigns the case, depending on its nature and complexity: 1° to a panel co…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Criminal provisions

Article L425-9-1

I.-The possession, without a duly justified medical reason, of one or more substances or methods prohibited by the list mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 425-1-1, for which Appendix 1 to t…

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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 L421-9-4

When the guarantee fund takes responsibility, on behalf of the company in liquidation, for the settlement of the losses mentioned in articles L. 211-1 and L 242-1, the first paragraph of III of articl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L227-9-1

The shareholders may appoint one or more statutory auditors under the conditions provided for in Article L. 227-9.At least one statutory auditor must be appointed by simplified joint stock companies w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-9-4

The holder of a marketing authorisation for a medicinal product shall immediately inform the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, specifying the reasons, of any action…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Mutual certificates

Article L322-26-9

I.-Mutualist certificates are redeemable only in the event of the liquidation of the issuer and after all preferential, unsecured and subordinated creditors have been paid in full. Redemption is made…

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