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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Criminal provisions

Article L425-9-2

Natural persons guilty of the offences referred to in article L. 425-9-1 of this Code shall also be liable to the following additional penalties: 1° Confiscation of the substances or processes and the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-9-4

…g in particular whether this action is based on one of the grounds mentioned in 1° to 5° of Article L. 5121-9. If its action is based on one of the same grounds, it must also inform the European Medic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L4211-9-1

I.- By way of derogation from 1° and 4° of Article L. 4211-1, in the context of the research defined in Article L. 1121-1 , advanced therapy medicinal products mentioned in 17° of Article L. 5121-1 ma…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Inspections and investigations

Article L621-9-2

…rvices; 3° Delegate control of their members' activities to the associations referred to in Article L. 541-4 . Such delegation shall be the subject of a memorandum of understanding and may be withdraw…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article L1111-9-1

…Ile-de-France region, the presidents of the territorial public establishments mentioned in article L. 5219-2 of this code;4° One elected representative of the public establishments for inter-municipa…

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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

…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 measure provided for in 14° of I of Article L. 612…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Inter-company occupational health and prevention services.

Article L4622-9-2

…d prevention service affecting the fulfilment of its missions under the umbrella set out in Article L. 4622-9-1, the administrative authority may order its chairman to remedy the situation within a ti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Approval

Article L532-9-1

…tion for authorisation within a period set by decree.Without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 233-14 of the Commercial Code, if the AMF, the public prosecutor or any shareholder or holder of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Provisions relating to aid for the creation and distribution of short cinematographic and audiovisual works

Article 918-9

For the calculation in 2021 and 2022 of direct allocations to theatrical screenings of short-lived cinematographic and audiovisual works, the threshold condition of 1,500 admissions set out in article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article L22-10-9

…ensible manner, within the corporate governance report referred to in the last paragraph of Article L. 225-37, where applicable, for each corporate officer, including corporate officers whose term of…

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