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Showing 29612970 of 3730 articles for Art. EU Directive 85/374/EEC

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Funding bodies

Article D214-232-4

…th a credit institution whose registered office is located in a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or a member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, wh…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIa: Fixed fine procedure

Article A37-30

The official report provided for in III of Article 529-6 shall consist of a sheet, bearing on its front, in the order set out in this article, the following information: 1° The number of the official…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Cancer Institute

Article D1415-1-1

The constituent agreement of the National Cancer Institute is approved by order of the ministers responsible for the budget, research and health.In particular, it sets out the extent of the powers exe…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Measures to combat specific risks

Article D3135-1

…when it is activated. III-Health professionals shall declare or report without delay, to the pharmaceutical establishment of the National Public Health Agency and to the National Agency for the Safety…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions

Article R4453-1

For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply1° Electromagnetic fields: static electric fields, static magnetic fields and time-varying electric, magnetic and electromagnetic…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating licences

Article R3332-5

…ding a Master II level law degree or, in the case of degrees awarded in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or in the Swiss Confederation…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Issue of approval

Article R7232-6

…to in article 706-53-7 of the Code of Criminal Procedure or, for nationals of a Member State of the European Union or another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, in an equivale…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 256

…mmunity acquisitions take place in France, or in application of paragraph 1 of Article 3 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax when these intra-C…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 63

I. - For the purposes of this Code, Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash entering or leaving the Union and repealing Regulatio…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L356-2

…d to inarticle L. 517-4 of the French Monetary and Financial Code with its registered office in the European Union, in accordance with the provisions of sections II, III, IV, V and VI of this chapter.…

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