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Showing 241250 of 3730 articles for Art. EU Directive 85/374/EEC

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial instruments

Article R743-1

…of I: 1° In the second paragraph of Article R. 211-2, the words: "within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2022/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022 on a pilot scheme for mark…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial instruments

Article R744-1

…of I: 1° In the second paragraph of Article R. 211-2, the words: "within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2022/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022 on a pilot scheme for mark…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-26

…lysis, and its annexes; 2° The provisions of Articles 1 to 7 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 29/2012 of 13 January 2012, as amended, on marketing standards for olive oil ; 3° The provisi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Title I: PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE CALCULATION OF SUPPORT FOR THE PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION AND EXPLOITATION OF CINEMATOGRAPHIC WORKS

Article 810-1

The rates or coefficients used to calculate the investment allowances referred to in articles 211-26, 211-28, 211-29, 222-4, 232-6 and 232-7, as well as the rates used to calculate and the ceilings fo…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VII: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE WHEN THE CONSIDERATION OF AN ASYLUM APPLICATION IS UNDER THE COMPETENCE OF ANOTHER STATE

Article R572-1

Without prejudice to the second paragraph of Article 11-1 of Decree no. 2004-374 of 29 April 2004, the authority competent to determine the State responsible for examining an asylum application and to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Obligations of investment services providers

Article D775-21

…Article D. 533-4, the words: "referred to in the first paragraph of paragraph 1 of II of Annex 2 of Directive 2014/65/EU of 15 May 2014," and the words: "in accordance with Article 71(4) of Commission…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations to be made by legal entities

Article R123-71

…e information relating to the establishments of this company located in another Member State of the European Union: the amending or supplementary entry is made automatically by the registrar of the ma…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: JURISDICTION OF DECONCENTRAL ADMINISTRATIONS

Article R*122-1

The departmental prefect and, in Paris, the police prefect, have jurisdiction over the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum under the conditions defined in articles 11-1 an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Overseas application of the provisions of European Union law on monetary and financial matters

Article L712-7

…French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the conditions of application of the following (EU) regulations, so that these provisions there have identical effects to those produced in mainland…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-20-5

…é des marchés financiers is the competent authority within the meaning of Article 40 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on indices used as benchm…

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