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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IIa: Judicial measures to help manage the family budget

Article 1200-9

…decisions relating to educational assistance. The judicial measure to help manage the family budget may be modified or withdrawn at any time either :

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary chapter: The commission for the examination of commercial practices

Article D440-9

…view Board are not public. The investigators referred to in the sixth paragraph of Article L. 440-1 may attend meetings of the commission when matters are being examined in the investigation of which…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 8: Matrimonial brokerage contracts

Article L224-91

…ys of signing the contract, the contracting party of the professional referred to in article L. 224-90 may go back on his commitment, without being required to pay compensation.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Financial contributions to the fire and rescue service budget from municipalities, public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation and the European Collectivity of Alsace

Article L1424-98

…titive tendering rules set out in the public procurement code, the Collectivité européenne d'Alsace may carry out, on behalf of and at the request of one of the public establishments mentioned in arti…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Civil status of persons born abroad who acquire or recover French nationality.

Article 98-2

A single record may be drawn up bearing statements relating to the birth and the marriage, unless the birth and the marriage have already been established by records entered in a register kept by a Fr…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Approval of training centres

Article D211-90

…plementation of this control by sending the Minister responsible for sport all useful documents and may also carry out any checks and assessments it deems appropriate.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Site or operation contract

Article L1236-9

…23-8 so provides, an employee who is made redundant at the end of a worksite or operations contract may be given priority for re-employment on an open-ended contract within the period and according to…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article R112-9

…e accounting officer attend meetings of the Board of Directors in an advisory capacity.The Chairman may also invite the heads of the institution's departments and services to attend meetings, as well…

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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 Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Procedure.

Article L2261-9

The open-ended agreement may be terminated by the signatory parties. In the absence of express stipulation, the period of notice that must precede termination is three months. The other signatories of…

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