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Showing 32413250 of 3730 articles for Art. EU Directive 85/374/EEC

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Advisory Committee on the Financial Sector and Advisory Committee on Financial Legislation and Regulation

Article D614-2

…designated in 1° and 2° take part in the work of the Committee when draft Community regulations or directives or draft laws are being examined.The members of the Committee designated in 1°, 2°, 3°, 6…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Miscellaneous duties and taxes.

Article 285 quinquies

…4 July 2009 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards enhanced official controls on imports of certain f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-24-10

…om an external event and that all the conditions of Article 101 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 231/2013 of 19 December 2012 are met.The depositary shall be liable to the AIF or to the unit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Specialised professional funds

Article L214-154

…alised professional funds may grant loans to companies, under the conditions set out in Regulation (EU) No 2015/760 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on European long-term…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-8

…lished in the Journal officiel de la République française, may be distributed or supplied for therapeutic purposes.2° Plasma pastes ;2° bis Plasma for transfusion purposes, the production of which inv…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-15-1

…onger meets the prudential requirements set out in Part Three, Part Four or Part Six of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, with the exception of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L511-71

…including salaries and discretionary pension benefits as defined in Article 4(1)(73) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, of credit institution…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article L513-30

…er resources whose contract or document intended for public information provided for in Regulation (EU) No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017 or any equivalent document required for admission to foreign regula…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-4-4

…s, in particular the requirements based on the K factors set out in Part 3 or Part 4 of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033; 2° The investment firm does not meet the requirements provided for in Articles L. 533…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Scope and transitional provisions relating to the governance of investment firms

Article L533-24-2

…finding referred to in the third paragraph of this Article is made. Where Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 is applied as well as subsections 2, 3 and 4, these shall apply to investment firms on…

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