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Showing 46414650 of 5611 articles for Art. Directive 86/653/EEC – 18 Dec. 1986

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Criminal provisions

Article L744-14

…to L. 231-16 Order no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 L. 231-17 Act 2014-1 of 2 January 2014 L. 231-18 to L. 231-20 Order no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 L. 231-21Law 2014-1 of 2 January 2014 II.-Fo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article L4211-1

…roduction facilities benefits from the support provided for in Articles L. 311-12, L. 314-1, L. 314-18, L. 446-2, L. 446-5, L. 446-14 or L. 446-15 of the Energy Code;14° bis Supporting and participati…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 bis: Withholding of income tax at source

Article 119 quinquies

The withholding taxes or levies provided for in articles 119 bis, 182 A bis, 182 B, 244 bis, 244 bis A and 244 bis B are not applicable to income and profits received or realised by a legal entity whi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Foreign nationals with EU long-term resident status in another Member State of the European Union

Article L426-11

A foreign national holding an EU long-term resident card, as defined by the provisions of Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are lon…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Digital health space, shared medical file and pharmaceutical file

Article L1111-15

…The shared medical record also includes sections relating to organ or tissue donation, the advance directives mentioned in article L. 1111-11 of the present code and the trusted support person mentio…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-12

…th the exception of rules applicable to primary production and slaughterhouses ;-Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 January 2005, as amended, laying down r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: French investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L532-23

…authority of the host State designated as the contact point within the meaning of Article 79(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in fina…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to portfolio management companies

Article L533-22-1

…uncil on the publication of sustainable investment and sustainability risk information and amending Directive (EU) 2016/2341, portfolio management companies shall include information on the risks asso…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article R761-7

…cal arrangements for the compensation of the financial imbalances resulting from the application of Directive 2001/40/EC on the mutual recognition of decisions on the expulsion of third-country nation…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article R225-71

…on distributed ledger technology and amending Regulations (EU) No 600/2014 and (EU) No 909/2014 and Directive 2014/65/EU. They shall submit with their request a certificate of account registration or,…

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