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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 L421-9-1

I.-When the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution takes, with regard to an undertaking mentioned in the first paragraph of I of Article L. 421-9 and authorised in France, the protective mea…

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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 General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article L4433-10-9

The regional development plan may be amended on the initiative and under the guidance of the president of the deliberative assembly of the region, department or local authority where the proposed amen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Suspension of the contract and protection against breach.

Article L1226-9-1

The provisions of this sub-section apply in the event of quarantine within the meaning of 2° of I of article L. 3131-1 of the Public Health Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Société de libre partenariat (unincorporated partnership)

Article L214-162-9

I. - A société de libre partenariat may have one or more sub-funds if its articles so provide. Where one or more sub-funds are formed within a société de libre partenariat, they are individually subje…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Penalty procedure

Article L423-9

At the end of the investigation, the rapporteur draws up his report. In this report, he will state his position on the action he proposes to take on the investigation and, where applicable, on the san…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 6: Public access to forests.

Article L343-9

The rules relating to agreements between local authorities and their groupings and the owners of woods, parks and natural areas located within their territory with a view to opening said woods, parks…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal penalties

Article L1337-9

The provisions of articles…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article L2512-9-1

The transfer of powers between the City of Paris and its public establishments entails the transfer of the department or part of the department responsible for its implementation. The civil servants a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions common to corporate officers of sociétés anonymes.

Article L225-95

…r the supervisory board, as the case may be, may exceed the number of eighteen provided for in articles L. 225-17 and L. 225-69, for a period of three years from the date of the merger set at Article…

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