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Showing 30213030 of 3730 articles for Art. EU Directive 85/374/EEC

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XII: General provisions

Article D591

In accordance with the terms and conditions set out in an agreement between the Ministry of Justice and the national representative organisations of the Bars and Law Societies, the parties' lawyers ma…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special rules relating to sociétés de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable (real estate investment companies with variable capital)

Article L214-69

I. - The sums distributable by a société de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable in respect of a financial year are made up of :1° Distributable income relating to income earned by…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Special provisions relating to the exploitation of certain unavailable works

Article L138-1

…rts referred to in the previous paragraph shall be carried out by publicly accessible libraries, museums, archive services or institutions depositing the cinematographic, audiovisual or sound heritage…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-27-1

…iders shall communicate the information required in the first paragraph of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015. The detailed rules…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer of ownership

Article L211-17

…fter the trade, with the exception of the cases provided for in point 2 of Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on improving securitie…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L356-5

…graph shall notify this agreement to the group supervisor and to the ultimate parent undertaking at EU level. Where the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution has entered into the agreement…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Product monitoring and governance requirements

Article L516-1

…rance products, shall develop, apply and update in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/2358 of 21 September 2017, a validation process for each insurance product, or significant…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: European regulated markets

Article L422-1

I. - Any regulated market in a Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area that operates without requiring the actual presence of natura…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Intermediary parent companies

Article L517-11

…rtaking is established in a third country where the total value of its assets exceeds forty billion euros and provided that there is no other intermediate parent undertaking in the EU. The Autorité de…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Standard formula

Article R352-10

…ying the principle of proportionality are defined in Article 88 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014. The simplified methodologies for calculating the capital requirem…

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