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Showing 311320 of 3730 articles for Art. EU Directive 85/374/EEC

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Application for marketing authorisation or registration

Article D5141-55-1

…medicinal products and forming the subject of the dossier referred to in Article 87 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-17-3

…e Financial Public Prosecutor, the report or notification provided for in Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Mark…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 771-1

In application of Regulation (EU) 2019/816 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 and of Council Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA of 26 February 2009 as amended by Directive (EU…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct.

Article D533-15-1

…ruments are as follows:1° Shares admitted to trading on a regulated market in a Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or on an equivalent market in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to the recognition and enforcement by the French judicial authorities of a European Investigation Order issued by another Member State

Article D47-1-10

…public prosecutor or examining magistrate of the territorially competent judicial court to whom the European Investigation Order is addressed shall acknowledge receipt thereof without delay, and in an…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Materials vigilance.

Article L5212-2

…ion incumbent, under the vigilance exercised over the devices mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017, on the manufacturer or,…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Measures to boost audiovisual production

Article 916-35

…er work.The allocation of direct allocations is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal mar…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Foreign nationals enrolled in a mobility programme

Article L422-7

…ional institution and those relating to foreign nationals who have been admitted in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016/801 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016, are specified…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Master and feeder UCITS

Article L214-22

…t out in this article.II. - A master UCITS is a French or foreign UCITS approved in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 which meets the f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title IV: Other service providers

Article D547-2

…public of the withdrawal of authorisation under the conditions set out in Article 42 of Regulation (EU) No 2020/1503 of 7 October 2020. This decision shall specify the conditions for the timeframe and…

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