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Showing 30513060 of 61067 articles for Art. L. n° 70-9 du 2 janvier 1970

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Transfer of the registered office.

Article R229-9

The offer to acquire the investment certificates, provided for in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 229-2, is the subject of a notice inserted in a medium authorised to receive legal announcements in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D3115-9

…rules defined in particular in Book III of Part One of this Code. The person responsible for the production or distribution of water for human consumption shall make available to aircraft operators or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Reference perimeter and authorisation for installation within this perimeter

Article R761-9

The reduction of the reference perimeter excluding certain municipalities and the early abolition of the reference perimeter are pronounced by order of the ministers responsible for trade and agricult…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments

Article A123-97

The personal data referred to in Article R. 123-222 shall be kept until the end of the fifth year following the death of the person concerned. After this period, the data is kept in the form of an int…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments

Article A123-96

…ly when completing the formalities for creating or modifying a company, or by e-mail or by teleprocedure accessible on the insee. fr website, that the information in the register concerning him or her…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments

Article A123-98

Traces of connections to tele-procedures for consulting or updating the national register referred to in article

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments

Article A123-95

Dissemination of the information entered in the national directory referred to in Article R. 123-220 concerning armed forces establishments is subject to prior agreement from the minister in charge of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Syndicats de communes.

Article D5842-9

Articles R. 5212-1-1 and R. 5212-7 to R. 5212-16 are applicable in French Polynesia.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Reference perimeter and authorisation for installation within this perimeter

Article A761-9

…the reference perimeter including the municipalities in whose territory the provisions of articles L. 761-5 to L. 761-7; 2° The list of products referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 761-5…

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French Sports CodeIn force
PRELIMINARY TITLE: GENERAL PRINCIPLES

Article L100-2

The State, regional and local authorities, associations, sports federations, companies and their social institutions contribute to the promotion and development of physical and sporting activities.The…

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