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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Expertise

Article L512-44

At the request of the public prosecutor or the court, the sample(s) taken and held by the administrative department shall be handed over to the experts.In the event that special preservation measures…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Compulsory recovery of wages and allowances due to foreign employees not authorised to work

Article R8252-9

If, in the situation of the foreign employee referred to in Article R. 8252-8, the Director General of the Office français de l'immigration et de l'intégration decides to implement the financial solid…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Governance of the plan

Article R144-9

The Association's General Meeting appoints a statutory auditor and a deputy auditor chosen from the list referred to in I of article L. 822-1 of the French Commercial Code, who carry out their duties…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Training agreement

Article R211-91

The agreement provided for in article L. 211-5 must include the stipulations set out in this paragraph. For each sport, a standard agreement is drawn up by the delegating sports federation and approve…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General conditions

Article D2323-9

Lactariums carry out their activities of collecting, qualifying, processing, preserving, distributing and issuing breast milk on medical prescription, in compliance with the rules of good practice men…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Embryo research

Article R2151-9

Any establishment or organisation wishing to modify a substantial element of the protocol authorised under article L. 2151-5 must submit a new application for authorisation. This application is examin…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Right to support

Article D5131-9

The amount of the allowance provided for in article L. 5131-5 may not exceed the amount set in a of 1° of I of article D. 5131-19. The allowance paid to the beneficiary is capped at six times this amo…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial penalties

Article R5145-9

The financial penalties and daily fines provided for in Article L. 5145-5 are recovered by the accounting officer of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-9

The insurance undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-3-2 may represent the commitments relating to transactions carried out by their branches located outside the territory of the European Communit…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Judgment on liability

Article R623-9

For the application of the provisions of article L. 623-5, the judge may, at any time during the proceedings, order any legally admissible investigative measure necessary to preserve evidence and the…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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