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Showing 16311640 of 3730 articles for Art. EU Directive 85/374/EEC

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Materials vigilance.

Article L5212-2-1

For the devices mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745, the list of which is set by order of the Minister responsible for health after receiving the opinion of the National Agency for the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5462-5

…a manufacturer, agent, distributor or importer of a device referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 to carry out, cause to be carried out, disseminate or cause to be disseminated advertis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rules applicable to other payment instruments

Article D133-12

…interface complying with the obligations set out in Article 32 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2018/389 of 27 November 2017, payment service providers providing the payment initiation serv…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article R214-239

…ty also verifies that all the conditions set out in Article 318 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 of 10 October 2014 are met.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Market surveillance authorities

Article R4314-2

…thin the framework of the provisions of the Union Customs Code, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/2447 of 24 November 2015 and the Customs Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-10-2

For the purposes of investigating market abuse as defined by Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation) and re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control

Article L214-24-23

…1 acquire control : 1° Of a company whose registered office is established in a Member State of the European Union and whose shares are not admitted to trading on a regulated market in a Member State…

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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
CHAPTER III: AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL.

Article L133-3

…tivity in France of one or more third country aircraft operators within the meaning of Article 2 of Directive 2004/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on the safety of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Transfer of beneficiaries of temporary protection or their family members

Article R581-15

…the event of a beneficiary of temporary protection being transferred to another Member State of the European Union pursuant to article R. 581-13 or R. 581-14, the temporary residence permit issued on…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article R3551-6-12

…Mayotte fire and rescue service intervenes under the authority of the prefect and according to his directives, with its own resources, in liaison with those implemented by the dispensaries and the ho…

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