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Showing 36413650 of 3730 articles for Art. EU Directive 85/374/EEC

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prudential control and resolution authority

Article L784-2

…3-672 of 26 July 2013 II.For the application of I:1° The following shall not apply:a) References to European provisions, the Single Resolution Mechanism, the Single Resolution Board and the European C…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Resources of the deposit guarantee and resolution fund

Article L312-8-2

…s mentioned in this III on behalf of the authorities of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area responsible for the administration or management of an equivalent deposit gua…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Provisions relating to the adoption and implementation of a measure to reduce and convert own funds instruments

Article L613-48-2

…is supervised on a consolidated basis by the competent authority of another Member State or by the European Central Bank. For the purposes of the first paragraph, the appropriate authority is the aut…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The High Council for Financial Stability

Article L631-2-1

…and markets, taking into account, in particular, the opinions and recommendations of the competent European institutions;3° It shall formulate any opinions or recommendations likely to prevent any sy…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Funeral and burial regulations.

Article D2573-16-1

…following an authorisation procedure for making available on the market provided for in Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012, as amended, concerning…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-5

…emises of the establishment and on dedicated terminals by libraries accessible to the public, by museums or by archive services, provided that they are not seeking any economic or commercial advantage…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Micro-enterprise scheme

Article 50-0

…three-yearly change in the first bracket of the income tax scale and rounded to the nearest hundred euros.2. The following are excluded from this scheme:a. Taxpayers who operate several companies whos…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Provisions relating to the analysis of resolvability

Article A311-6

…nancial entities; 14° The extent to which the applicable legislation of another Member State of the European Union or of a third country allows the authorities of that country to support the measures…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative penalties

Article L6241-1

The following constitute an offence subject to administrative sanction: 1° The performance, by a medical biology laboratory, of medical biology examinations with a view to establishing a prenatal diag…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-10

I.-By decision of the judicial police officer, acting either ex officio or at the request of the public prosecutor or investigating judge, the results of DNA identification analyses shall be recorded…

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