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Showing 41114120 of 61067 articles for Art. L. n° 70-9 du 2 janvier 1970

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article A713-9

I.-Where the 3rd paragraph of Article R. 713-21 is applied, the candidates or their proxies shall submit, no later than twenty-one days before the last day of the ballot, to the secretariat of the ele…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Declaration of provision of services

Article R4112-9

The declaration provided for in Article L. 4112-7 must be sent to the Conseil national de l'ordre of the profession concerned before the first services are provided. It includes information relating t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Authorisation for creation or transfer

Article R5126-90

For the application of II of article L. 5126-4, the authorisation may only be suspended, except in the event of an immediate danger to public health, or withdrawn once the Minister of the Interior has…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Penalties

Article R6114-9

…Agency may terminate the contract, in compliance, where applicable, with the provisions of Article L. 1435-3-1.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Transport, searches and seizures

Article 99-3

…stration likely to hold documents relevant to the investigation, including, subject to Article 60-1-2, those originating from a computer system or processing of nominative data, to hand over these doc…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VII: Review in civil matters

Article 1031-9

…well as the date of death or declared absence and specify the capacity in which he or she relies on;2° For defendants who are natural persons: the indication of their surnames, forenames and domicile.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 11: Health risk monitoring and anticipation committee

Article D1413-92

…fectious agents affecting humans and animals, environmental and food pollutants and climate change; 2° Modelling the data collected as part of its scientific watch and drawing up projections; 3° Issui…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Centre d'accueil et de soins hospitaliers de Nanterre.

Article R6147-97

…the establishment, represented, where applicable, by the director of social life and integration ; 2° The heads of the establishment's social units; 3° The head of the supervisory staff of the establ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cross-disciplinary provisions on quality in cancer research

Article R6123-91-7

…tion holder is recognised as a hospital cancer molecular genetics platform by the Institut National du Cancer in application of article L. 1415-2 or has a cooperative organisation with other health es…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MAYOTTE

Article L5832-2

…of this Part are not applicable to Mayotte. II.-The following shall apply in Mayotte from 1 January 2014: 1° Article L. 5210-4 ; 2° Article L. 5211-9-2; 2° bis Articles L. 5211-11-2 and L. 5211-11-3;…

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