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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanence of dental care

Article R6315-9

For each sector, a duty roster is drawn up for a minimum period of three months by the departmental dental surgeons' council. It specifies the name and place of dispensing of each dental surgeon's pro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Offences relating to obligations

Article L245-9

It is punishable by a fine of 9,000 euros for the chairman, directors, managing directors or managers of a joint stock company to issue, on behalf of that company, negotiable bonds which, in the same…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Procedure applicable in the event of a partial transfer of undertaking or establishment.

Article L2421-9

When the Labour Inspector receives a request for authorisation of a transfer, in application of article L. 2414-1, on the occasion of a partial transfer of an undertaking or establishment, he shall en…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Postponement of the expiry date of certain sums held in the automatic account

Article 916-23

…tered on the automatic account or on the automatic accounts grouped into circuits opened in respect of cinematographic entertainment establishments which were due to expire on 31 December 2020, the pe…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative proceedings for a declaration of invalidity or revocation of a trade mark

Article R716-9

The investigation phase and the period mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 716-8 may be suspended: 1° Where the application for a declaration of invalidity is based in whole or in part on a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Certification and publication of the accounts of trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article D2135-9

The threshold provided for in article L. 2135-6 is set at 230,000 euros at the end of each financial year. For the purposes of calculating the resources referred to in the first paragraph, the amount…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Transactions carried out by supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L143-9

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall specify the conditions for the application of this chapter, in particular the technical and guarantee rules applicable to the operations referred to in Article L.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Risk assessment

Article R4452-9

…mployer after consulting the social and economic committee, with the assistance, where appropriate, of the occupational health service. This assessment is renewed periodically, in particular when a ch…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 919-115

The amount of exceptional aid may not exceed €50,000.The cumulative amount of the exceptional aid and the subsidies received by the foreign sales company under decree no. 2020-371 of 30 March 2020 rel…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Measures to boost audiovisual production

Article 916-35

In order to relaunch the production and preparation of audiovisual works, direct allocations are granted in addition to the sums invested pursuant to Articles 211-66 and 311-57, in respect of applicat…

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