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Showing 41214130 of 9704 articles for Art. CJEU – Agro – 16 Feb. 2017 – C-507/15

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO NEW CALEDONIA

Article L732-1

…articles In the wording resulting from L. 112-5-1 Act 2018-287 of 20 April 2018 L. 112-6 Act no . 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 L. 112-6-1-A Act no . 2017-1775 of 28 December 2017 L. 112-6-1 Act no. 20…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L733-1

…cles In the wording resulting from L. 112-5-1 law no. 2018-287 of 20 April 2018 L. 112-6 Act no . 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 L. 112-6-1-A Act no . 2017-1775 of 28 December 2017 L. 112-6-1 Act no. 20…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Coverage of cash requirements and investment financing

Article 916-17

…medium-sized cinemas, the total amount of aid is equivalent to the average of the sums entered for 2017, 2018 and 2019 in the automatic account opened for each cinema in accordance with articles 123-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Self-employed persons, members of the liberal professions and the self-employed.

Article L6331-50

…e professions mentioned inArticle L. 640-1 of the Social Security Code, as it read prior to Law No. 2017-1836 of 30 December 2017 on the financing of social security for 2018, and inArticle L. 651-1 o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of in vitro diagnostic medical devices.

Article L5221-1

…iagnostic medical devices and their accessories shall comply with the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 and with the provisions of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Obligations relating to insider lists

Article L451-4

…ph of Article 18(6) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/ EC of the Eu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3821-1

…applicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording resulting from Law No. 2017-1836 of 30 December 2017 on the financing of social security for 2018, with the exception of Ar…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-51-18

The information provided for in articles 9 and 18 of the aforementioned Decree No. 2017-794 of 5 May 2017 shall be sent to the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-14

…ndering or terrorist financing or meets the conditions provided for in Articles R. 561-15 or R. 561-16. They shall ensure throughout the business relationship that the risk of money laundering or terr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L4211-2-1

…agents, distributors or importers of devices mentioned respectively in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 and in Article 1 of Regulatio…

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