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Showing 36513660 of 3730 articles for Art. EU Directive 85/374/EEC

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

Article R53-11

…ints are presumed to have been collected; X.-The data referred to in Article 3(1)(a) and (b) of the Directive. X.-The data referred to in 4° of III of Article R. 53-10 shall also be accompanied by: 1°…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Funds of hedge funds.

Article R214-186

…ction 3 of this section; or c) In units or shares of FIAs established in other Member States of the European Union or foreign investment funds invested under conditions identical to those mentioned in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement

Article A823-1

…the statutory auditor of the person or entity by legal or regulatory provisions or by provisions of European Union law having direct effect in national law. The statutory audit engagement and these ot…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART SIX

Article Annexe 61-2

STANDARD CONTRACT FOR LIBERAL PROFESSION ACTIVITY REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE R. 6154-4.Between :The establishment...... (name of the public health establishment) represented by its director,And :M.......…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-26

…e case of a public interest entity, the other information provided for in Article 10 of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014. 04. The report on the consolidated accounts shall be separate from the report on th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
20°: Tax reduction for donations made by individuals

Article 200

…to finance the purchase of objects or works of art intended to join the collections of a French museum accessible to the public, the protection of the natural environment or the dissemination of Fren…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The application for a business licence.

Article R752-6

…lot or plots of land concerned: locations and surface areas of buildings, areas for parking and manoeuvring delivery vehicles and customer vehicles, areas for product storage, green spaces; c) A map o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6b: SME Innovation Account

Article L221-32-5

…taining various economic and financial provisions, or similar bodies of another Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area which has si…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-3-1 (art. A212-76)

…ccelerate. This overhaul began with the creation of a new diploma, the "brevet professionnel de la jeunesse, de l'éducation populaire et du sport" (BPJEPS), in response to the needs clearly expressed…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article Annexe art. A211-11

Notice for victims of road traffic accidents involving a land-based motor vehicle The following information is intended to explain what you need to do and how you will be compensated. It has been deli…

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