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Showing 14711480 of 3730 articles for Art. EU Directive 85/374/EEC

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title III: Investment services providers

Article R531-1

…L. 531-2 are ancillary to their main business, in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1833 of 14 July 2021.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article R613-4-1

…king, it shall do so by means of a bilateral agreement in accordance with Article 28 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010. It shall inform…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Data and methods of transmission to the health authority

Article R3113-7

…of this data to the competent authorities. The information referred to in Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 is available on the websites of the regional health agencies and the N…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Standard formula

Article R352-5

…g to the risk on intangible assets, are specified in Article 87 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014. For the calculation of the modules mentioned in a, b and c, insur…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGET AND ACCOUNTS

Article R2313-2

I. - For the application of article R. 2313-1 : a) The population to be taken into account is the total population, municipal and counted separately, as it results from the last known census on the da…

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

Article 119 quinquies

…ent in the result of which the income and profits are included are located in a Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area which has co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 204 C

…France when such income is paid:a) By a debtor established outside France in a Member State of the European Union or in another State or territory that has concluded with France an administrative ass…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Approval of AIFM established in a third country

Article L532-39

I. - The AIFM's subsequent operations in the European Union have no impact on the designation of France as the reference Member State.However, if the AIFM modifies its marketing strategy within two ye…

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

Article L533-22-1

I.-In their sustainability risk policy, made public pursuant to Article 3 of the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the publication of sustainable investment and sustainabilit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte.

Article L924-6

…ovided that these contracts have been made compulsory in accordance with Article 164 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of 17 December 2013 before 1 January 2019 and that their extension is renewed from…

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