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Showing 42714280 of 9704 articles for Art. CJEU – Agro – 16 Feb. 2017 – C-507/15

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-18-2

…onditions mentioned in 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 Eur…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Unjustified geographical blocking

Article L132-24-1

…tablishment of customers in the internal market and amending Regulations (EC) No 2006/2004 and (EU) 2017/2394 and Directive 2009/22/ EC, consisting of: 1° Blocking or restricting a customer's access t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of property income

Article 14

Subject to the provisions of Article 15, are included in the property income category, when they are not included in the profits of an industrial, commercial or craft business, a farm or a non-commerc…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: REFUSAL AND WITHDRAWAL OF RESIDENCE PERMITS

Article R432-4

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles R. 421-41, R. 422-7, R. 423-2 and R. 426-1, the residence permit may be withdrawn in the following cases: 1° The foreign national, holder of a temporary…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Investment and related services

Article L754-13

…hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 322-1 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 322-2 to L. 322-10 Order no. 2015-1024 of 20 August 2015 II.-For the ap…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative penalties

Article L242-14-1

…511-10 relating to a large-scale or EU-wide infringement, pursuant to Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on cooperation between n…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5462-4

…turer, authorised representative or importer of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746, whose registered office is located on French territory, to register the device or update t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Institutions and services authorised to carry out banking transactions

Article L774-14

…L. 518-15-2 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 518-15-3 Law no. 2019-1147 of 8 November 2019 L. 518-16 Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 518-17 Order no. 2009-15 of 8 January 2009 L. 518-18 to L. 518…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R442-2

…ng provisions shall apply to Saint-Barthélemy in the wording resulting from decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below. Applicable articles In the wording res…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R445-3

…The references to the Prefect are replaced by the words: "on the territory of French Polynesia"…

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