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Showing 22712280 of 3730 articles for Art. EU Directive 85/374/EEC

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L774-3

…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
Section 4: Provisions relating to the resolution of banking crises

Article R613-46-4

…al liabilities, including own funds, if all the conditions set out in Article 72b(3) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 are met. For the application of this formula, taking into account the reduction allo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions common to corporate officers of sociétés anonymes.

Article L225-95-1

As an exception to the provisions of articles L. 225-21, L. 225-77 and L. 225-94-1, the mandates of permanent representative of a venture capital company mentioned in Article 1er de la loi n° 85-695 d…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.

Article L310-25

…de résolution shall immediately inform the competent authorities of the other Member States of the European Union. When winding-up proceedings are opened against an undertaking referred to in Article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article L612-20

…Persons and organisations whose registered office is in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and who carry on their business in France through the establishment of a bran…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-5-1

…publication of Order no. 2021-580 of 12 May 2021 transposing Article 2(6) and Articles 17 to 23 of Directive 2019/790 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on copyright and r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-71

In companies which, at the close of two consecutive financial years, employ at least one thousand permanent employees in the company and its direct or indirect subsidiaries whose registered office is…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1518 E

I. - For the properties mentioned in I of Article 1498: 1° Partial exemptions from direct local taxes are granted for the years 2017 to 2025 when the difference between the assessment established for…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1464 I

…must be a small and medium-sized enterprise within the meaning of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal mar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-62-1

…ection where: 1° It is not subject to a resolution procedure of a State that is not a member of the European Union or the resolution college has opposed the recognition or execution of the resolution…

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