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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Declaration of provision of services

Article L4222-9

A pharmacist who is a national of a Member State of the European Union or a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, who is established and legally practises the activities of a pharmacis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to group actions

Article L1134-9

By way of derogation from Article 64 of Law 2016-1547 of 18 November 2016 on the modernisation of justice for the 21st century, prior to initiating the group action mentioned in Article L. 1134-7, the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Consultation with the State

Article L1311-9

Projects for property transactions referred to in article L. 1311-10 must be preceded, prior to any amicable agreement, by a request for an opinion from the competent State authority when they are pur…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to sub-contracts

Article L2393-9

…ctor decides to award the sub-contracts on the basis of a framework agreement defined in 1° of Article L. 2325-1, the duration of this framework agreement may not exceed seven years, except in excepti…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1 : Issue of plant variety certificates

Article L623-9

The list of plant species whose new varieties which are the subject of certificate applications may not be disclosed and freely exploited without special authorisation shall be laid down by regulation…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Public territorial establishments

Article L5219-9

The metropolitan council is composed of metropolitan councillors elected under the conditions provided for in Title V of Book I of the Electoral Code. The distribution of seats on the metropolitan cou…

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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

I.-The Fonds de Garantie des Assurances Obligatoires de dommages (Guarantee Fund for Compulsory Non-Life Insurance) set up by Article L. 421-1 is responsible for protecting insured persons who have ta…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L3221-9

The President of the Departmental Council exercises the powers devolved to him by the Social Action and Family Code in matters of social action. With a view to exercising the powers defined by article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Sociétés coopératives ouvrières de production, agricultural cooperatives and public companies.

Article L3323-9

The provisions of this Title as well as those governing cooperative production companies and agricultural cooperatives are adapted, by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, to make them applicable to these co…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Teleworking

Article L1222-9

I.-Without prejudice to the application, where applicable, of the provisions of this code protecting homeworkers, telework refers to any form of work organisation in which work that could also have be…

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