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Showing 281290 of 3730 articles for Art. EU Directive 85/374/EEC

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial securities.

Article R211-6

…ers.Where the central depository is a "DLT market infrastructure" 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 Customs CodeIn force
Section 7b: Temporary withholding of cash

Article 67 ter B

…hapter, where there are indications that cash, within the meaning of Article 2(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash e…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Book III: Companies.

Article L300-2

…127, 130, 135, 143, 172, 210, 211, 216, 217, 227, 234, 241, 244, 245, 247, 248, 256, 258 and 260 of Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 (Solvency II…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: General shops.

Article R522-16

General warehouses are subject to the general police measures concerning public places used for trade, without prejudice to the rights of the customs service when they are established in premises plac…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Purpose and conditions of award

Article 211-91

…igital subtitling and audio description files are subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis WA

…e case of direct landing of fresh fish by a fishing vessel flying the flag of a country outside the European Community.V. - The rates of the fee are fixed per tonne of fishery or aquaculture products…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-8

For the purposes of Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2017 on the fight against fraud affecting the financial interests of the Union through criminal law…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Automatic processing of personal data known as "Application for managing the files of foreign nationals in France".

Article R142-24

…exercised under the conditions laid down respectively in Articles 13, 15, 16 and 18 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of pers…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Other service providers

Article D773-31

…022-110 of 1st February 2022II. - For the application of I:1° In Article D. 547-2, the words "under Directive (EU) 2015/2366" are replaced by the words "within the meaning of Article L. 314-1" and the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Other service providers

Article D774-31

…022-110 of 1st February 2022II. - For the application of I:1° In Article D. 547-2, the words "under Directive (EU) 2015/2366" are replaced by the words "within the meaning of Article L. 314-1" and the…

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