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Showing 341350 of 3730 articles for Art. EU Directive 85/374/EEC

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions concerning monitoring, controls and investigations

Article L632-8

…ests for exchanges of information or cooperation from the authorities of other Member States of the European Union or other States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as well as from…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Collective investments

Article L214-1

…s1° Undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities authorised in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordinati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to French Polynesia

Article D763-12

…20 August 2019II. - For the application of I, in Article D. 440-3:1° The words: "in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordinati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to New Caledonia

Article D762-12

…0 August 2019.II. - For the application of I, in Article D. 440-3:1° The words: "in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordinati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions specific to the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article D764-12

…0 August 2019.II. - For the application of I, in Article D. 440-3:1° The words: "in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordinati…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 1649 AC

…d deadlines set by decree, the information required for the application of Article 8(3a) of Council Directive 2011/16/EU of 15 February 2011 on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-2

…t des produits de santé has the status of competent authority for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017, under the conditions spe…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Measures to boost cinema distribution

Article 916-11

…nvested.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 Customs CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Prevention of offences committed via the Internet

Article 67 D-5

…1° Intermediaries are online platform operators, within the meaning of Article 3(i) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on an internal market…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-138-3

…or medicinal products on the list set out in Annex I to Commission Delegated Regulation No 2016/161 EU of 2 October 2015 supplementing Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Counci…

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