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Showing 22112220 of 3730 articles for Art. EU Directive 85/374/EEC

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY, SAINT-MARTIN AND SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article L772-1

…on. "; b) In the second paragraph, the words: "Pursuant to Articles 4 and 14 of Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 October 2013, this withdrawal may also be decided by the European Central Ban…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title VIII: CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION IN THE OVERSEAS OF THE PROVISIONS OF BOOK VI RELATING TO BANKING AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

Article L781-1

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

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Crédit maritime mutuel.

Article R512-40

…y and solvency. For the purposes of the regulations referred to in Article L. 611-1 and Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, the Société centrale…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks, composition and operating rules

Article D782-22

…paragraph n° 2018-1327 of 28 December 2018 II.-For the application of I, references to Regulation (EU) No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017 are replaced by references to Articles L. 712-7 and L. 712-9.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks, composition and operating rules

Article D783-22

…paragraph n° 2018-1327 of 28 December 2018 II.-For the application of I, references to Regulation (EU) No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017 are replaced by references to Articles L. 712-7 and L. 712-9.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks, composition and operating rules

Article D784-17

…paragraph n° 2018-1327 of 28 December 2018 II.-For the application of I, references to Regulation (EU) No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017 are replaced by references to Articles L. 712-7 and L. 712-9.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Data processing by the Commission for access to third-party donor data by persons born of medically assisted procreation

Article R2143-18

…applicable, subcontractors recruited under the conditions provided for in Article 28 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016, for the purposes of designing, developing, maintaining and hosting th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession

Article R821-75

…ification assignments for public interest entities referred to in i of Article 26(2) of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of 16 April 2014.Where the statutory auditor has not performed any certification eng…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Safeguard measures

Article R4314-12

…requesting third parties to apply such measures. The market surveillance authority shall inform the European Commission and the other Member States of the safeguard measures taken on the basis of this…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Harm reduction

Article R3411-20

…ice set by the State, including a reasonable profit, under the conditions laid down in Article 5 of European Commission Decision 2012/21/EU of 20 December 2011 on the application of Article 106(2) of…

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