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Showing 23712380 of 3730 articles for Art. EU Directive 85/374/EEC

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-46-1

…sation for Economic Co-operation and Development, by the local authorities of a Member State of the European Union or a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, or by a public inter…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-93

…sation for Economic Co-operation and Development, by the local authorities of a Member State of the European Union or a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, or by a public inter…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.

Article R321-69

…qualification held by the applicant in accordance with the classification set out in Article 11 of Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 as amended on…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Manufacture and import of veterinary medicinal products.

Article R5142-46

…ect to control of the finished product when imported : 1° From a State which is not a member of the European Union and which is not a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area ; 2° Or from…

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

Article 119 quater

…t meets the following conditions:a. Have its place of effective management in a Member State of the European Community;b. Take one of the forms set out in a list drawn up by order of the Minister resp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions

Article L314-1

I. - A payment account is an account held in the name of one or more persons and used to carry out payment transactions.II. - The following are payment services1° Services enabling cash to be paid int…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Calculation methods for fiction, animation and audiovisual adaptations of live performances

Article 311-44

The coefficients applicable to works in the animation genre are determined as follows: I.-The works are divided into two groups: 1° First group: works with French hourly expenditure of €350,000 or mor…

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

Article L613-44

…Class 1a credit institutions and investment firms, in accordance with Article 92(3) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 and for Class 2 and Class 3 investment firms, in accordance with the applicable requ…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-20-1

…h of this Article, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may refer the matter to the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority pursuant to Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-17

When the Regional Commission considers that the injury can be compensated under II of article L. 1142-1, or under article L. 1142-1-1, the Office will make an offer of compensation to the victim or th…

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