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Showing 931940 of 61067 articles for Art. L. n° 70-9 du 2 janvier 1970

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial conglomerates

Article L517-9

…ntrôle prudentiel et de résolution are subject to the provisions of the second paragraph of Article L. 511-13 and to the provisions of Articles L. 511-33 to L. 511-38 and L. 511-41 . They also ensure…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Other offences.

Article L654-9

The penalties laid down in Articles L. 654-3 to L. 654-5 the fact:1° In the interest of the persons mentioned in article L. 654-1, to remove, conceal or hide all or part of their movable or immovable…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Judgment on liability

Article L623-9

Membership of the group shall constitute a mandate for the purposes of compensation in favour of the applicant association.Membership of the group shall not constitute or imply membership of the appli…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: The Chairman.

Article L5211-9

…ay be extended to the powers entrusted by the deliberative body to the Chairman pursuant to article L. 5211-10, unless this body has decided otherwise in the deliberation delegating these powers to th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial penalties

Article L5461-9

…al penalty: 1° The fact, for the manufacturer of a device mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 or, where applicable, for its…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Financial provisions

Article L6473-9

The Minister responsible for the economy and finance is authorised to grant advances to the local authority and the local authority's public establishments that decide to take out a medium or long-ter…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Central depositories

Article L762-9

…dicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL. 441-1 Law no. 2023-171 of 9 March 2023 containing various provisions for adapting to European Uni…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation and control of the company

Article R5125-24-9

Each société de participations financières de profession libérale de pharmaciens d'officine may be subject to occasional checks on the scope of its activities, as prescribed by the Conseil national de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L1133-9

Legal entities held criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offence defined in article L. 1133-8 shall incur, in addition to the fine set…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Flat-rate grant.

Article L2334-9

In 2009, when the population of a municipality defined in the second paragraph of Article L. 2334-2, authenticated at 1 January 2009, is 10% or more lower than in 2008, the basic allocation provided f…

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