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Showing 13211330 of 61067 articles for Art. L. n° 70-9 du 2 janvier 1970

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Use of funds

Article L515-9

…lf the share capital, is set up in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of Article L. 232-10 of the French Commercial Code. Subject to the possibility of paying interest on the capita…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-9-3

In order to be able to continuously assess the benefit/risk balance of the medicinal product as defined in the first paragraph of Article L. 5121-9, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-99

…for higher quorums.They decide under the conditions provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 225-96.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 11: Account overdrafts

Article L312-92

Where the account agreement referred to in second paragraph of I of Article L. 312-1-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code provides for the possibility of an overrun, this agreement mentions the borrow…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Depreciation and provisions

Article L232-9

Subject to the provisions of the second paragraph of article L. 232-15, the company's formation expenses are amortised before any distribution of profits and, at the latest, within five years. Capital…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4431-9

…penalties that the Disciplinary Chamber of First Instance may impose are as follows: 1° A warning ; 2° a reprimand 3° A temporary ban, with or without a suspended sentence, or a permanent ban from exe…

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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
CHAPTER I: GENERAL RULES.

Article L421-9

I.-Civil aviation flight crews in section A of the register provided for in article L. 421-3 may not work as pilots or co-pilots in public air transport beyond the age of sixty. II. - Section A flight…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Transfer of the business.

Article L642-9

…nt adopting the transfer plan, without prejudice to the implementation of the provisions of Article L. 642-6. The author of the offer selected by the court remains jointly and severally liable for per…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-9

…persons and entities included in the consolidation. Without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 823-14, certification of the consolidated financial statements is issued in particular after exam…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Dissolution.

Article L5216-9

…f of the population concerned. This decree determines, in accordance with the provisions of article L. 5211-25-1 and in compliance with the rights of third parties, the conditions under which the aggl…

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