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Showing 621630 of 61067 articles for Art. L. n° 70-9 du 2 janvier 1970

French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Marinas and anchorages.

Article L341-9

The beneficiary of such an authorisation may be entitled to charge users a fee for services rendered.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-9

The ski lift service, where applicable extended to the facilities required for the operation of ski runs, is organised by the communes on whose territory they are located or by their groupings or by t…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Fees for access to Nordic sites developed for non-motorised snow sports.

Article L422-9

…y skiing and non-motorised snow sports other than downhill skiing, of the fee instituted by article L. 2333-81 of the General Code of Territorial Authorities, are set by article L. 5722-5 of the same…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L411-9

…s, which do not have a works council and which are not covered by a joint body mentioned in article L. 411-20, and as far as the individual employer is concerned, the benefit resulting from the employ…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acquisition of French nationality by birth and residence in France

Article 21-9

Any person who fulfils the conditions set out in article 21-7 to acquire French nationality loses the option of declining it if he or she enlists in the French armed forces. Any minor born in France o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Civil status of persons born abroad who acquire or recover French nationality.

Article 98-2

A single record may be drawn up bearing statements relating to the birth and the marriage, unless the birth and the marriage have already been established by records entered in a register kept by a Fr…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Civil status documents concerning soldiers and sailors in certain special cases.

Article 96-2

The effects of the marriage referred to in Article

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-9

Any association that has been duly registered for at least five years and whose articles of association propose to assist victims of offences may exercise the rights granted to civil parties in respec…

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

Article 99-2

…handover to the Agency for the Management and Recovery of Seized and Confiscated Assets for disposal. The examining magistrate may also order, subject to the rights of third parties, that seized and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Background files

Article 230-9

…g the implementation and updating of the automated processing of personal data mentioned in article 230-6 and appointed for this purpose by the Minister of Justice, contributes to the application of a…

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