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Showing 20012010 of 3730 articles for Art. EU Directive 85/374/EEC

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors and General Management.

Article R225-20

…at least the requirements for an advanced electronic signature set out in Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identifi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2 : Management and administration of sociétés anonymes.

Article R225-47

…at least the requirements for an advanced electronic signature set out in Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identifi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title VII : CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION IN THE OVERSEAS OF THE PROVISIONS OF BOOK V RELATING TO SERVICE PROVIDERS

Article L771-1

…elon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, references to Regulations (EU) of the European Parliament and of the Council No 648/2012 of 4 July 2012, No 575/2013 of 26 June…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title VII: Conditions of application in Overseas France of Book V relating to service providers

Article R771-1

…elon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, references to Regulations (EU) of the European Parliament and of the Council No 648/2012 of 4 July 2012, No 575/2013 of 26 June…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to French Polynesia

Article R763-11

…ed by the words "second paragraph";3° The references to Articles 17 to 19, 31 and 54 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, cen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Processing of personal data

Article R7343-5

…Relations Authority, under the conditions provided for in Articles 12, 15, 16 and 18 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of pers…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L3512-4

…rvices made available to the public by persons established in a country that does not belong to the European Union or the European Economic Area, where these publications and online communication serv…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Provisions specific to the communes of Marseille and Lyon

Article L2513-3

I. - The Marseille marine fire brigade is the fire and rescue service responsible, under the direction and on the orders of the mayor, for the missions mentioned in article L. 1424-2 on the territory…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title II: Information to be provided by distributors and rules of conduct

Article R521-1

I.- Pursuant to I of Article L. 521-2, the distributor shall provide the subscriber with the contact details and address of its complaints department, where one exists, and shall inform the subscriber…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Common provisions (R)

Article D1612-5

The prefect communicates to the president of the general council: 1° A statement indicating the forecast amount of the net bases of each of the four direct local taxes chargeable to the department, th…

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