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Showing 87118720 of 33006 articles for Art. CJEU – C-48/16 – 17 May 2017

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-3

…o Articles 45.9 and 45.10 of Directive 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering or…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-2

…Mutual Code, and provident institutions governed by Title 3 of Book 9 of the Social Security Code, may not represent their regulated commitments with the assets referred to in this paragraph;13° Depo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L621-22

I. - (Repealed) II. - The Autorité des marchés financiers may ask the statutory auditors of persons whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market for any information on the persons th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R5124-3-1

…ogation from the provisions of Article R. 5124-3, manufacturers and importers of medicinal products may only distribute investigational medicinal products and, where applicable, ancillary medicinal pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Examination of the application.

Article R5141-18

…ll include, in addition to the pharmaceutical data, appropriate bibliographical documentation. This may refer, in particular as regards safety tests, to the assessment report published by the European…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
V: Intra-Community transactions involving new or second-hand means of transport

Article 298 sexies

…The right to deduct arises at the time of supply of the new means of transport.The taxable person may obtain a refund of the value added tax invoiced or paid in respect of the supply, importation or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Registration of account information service providers

Article L522-11-3

…orité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may impose the disciplinary sanctions provided for in Article L. 612-39, including removal from the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Regulations and decisions

Article L621-7

…The conditions under which investment services providers other than portfolio management companies may provide the services defined in Article L. 321-2 ; 2° The conditions governing membership of cle…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to the use of administrative police powers in resolution proceedings

Article L311-30

The collège de résolution may, in respect of a person referred to in Article L. 311-1 subject to a resolution procedure, decide to:1° Suspend or dismiss any person exercising effective management with…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to the allocation of investment allowances

Article 911-2

…diovisual works, in the name of videogram publishers and in the name of undertakings selling abroad may be invested to meet urgent liquidity needs arising directly from the consequences of the covid-1…

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