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Showing 26912700 of 3730 articles for Art. EU Directive 85/374/EEC

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Approval and authorisation

Article R532-15

…it institution, portfolio management company or investment firm authorised in a Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, or authoris…

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

Article L225-64

The Management Board is vested with the broadest powers to act in all circumstances on behalf of the company. It exercises these powers within the limits of the company's objects and subject to those…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Contracts between a performer and a phonogram producer

Article L212-11

The transfer of the performer's rights mentioned in this code is subject to the condition that each of the rights transferred is the subject of a separate mention in the contract concluded with the ph…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 8: Special provisions for non-trading property investment companies

Article L214-114

The purpose of non-trading property investment companies (sociétés civiles de placement immobilier) is the direct or indirect acquisition and management of property assets for rental purposes, includi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Privileges.

Article L327-4

For undertakings carrying out the operations referred to in 1° and the last paragraph of Article L. 310-1, the claim guaranteed by the legal lien or mortgage is set at the amount of the premiums to be…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Status and missions

Article L111-1

The Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, known as the CNC, is a public administrative body under the supervision of the Minister for Culture. In the fields of cinema and other moving image…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of delegated producers

Article L251-2

The form of the production account, the definition of the different categories of expenditure, the nature of the means of financing and the methods of amortisation of the cost of production are determ…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Easements deriving from the location of premises

Article 641

Any owner has the right to use and dispose of rainwater that falls on his land.If the use of this water or the direction given to it aggravates the natural flow easement established by article 640, co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article L612-15

A Secretary General is appointed by order of the Minister for the Economy, on the recommendation of the Chairman of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. A first deputy secretary gener…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Manufacture and sale of beverages.

Article L3322-5

Producers or manufacturers of essences that may be used in the manufacture of alcoholic beverages, such as essences of aniseed, star anise, fennel and hyssop, as well as producers or manufacturers of…

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