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Showing 551560 of 3730 articles for Art. EU Directive 85/374/EEC

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R772-2

…rs I and II of Title VI of Book V in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon:1° References to Member States of the European Union and States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area do not apply;2° In ar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R772-1

…cation of Chapter I of Title VI of Book V in Saint-Barthélemy:1° References to Member States of the European Union and States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area do not apply;2° In ar…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 211-93

Direct allocations are calculated each year according to the amount of appropriations allocated to them.For each beneficiary production company, the amount of the direct allocation is equal to the rat…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: JURISDICTION OF DECONCENTRAL ADMINISTRATIONS

Article R*122-3

By way of derogation from article R. * 122-1 and the first paragraph of article 11-1 of decree no. 2004-374 of 29 April 2004, on the rights-of-way of the Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Le Bourget and Paris-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions applicable to investment service providers

Article L531-2

…sis as part of a professional activity within the meaning of Article 4 of the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565, insofar as that activity is governed by legislative or regulatory provisions or by a c…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia

Article A424-3

…he National Centre for the Development of Sport in French Polynesia defines, in accordance with the directives of the establishment and respecting the competencies of French Polynesia, the priorities…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General obligations

Article 289

…no legal instrument relating to mutual assistance similar in scope to that provided for by Council Directive 2010/24/EU of 16 March 2010 on mutual assistance for the recovery of claims relating to ta…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: European UCITS management companies

Article L532-20-2

I.-A management company established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area which applies to manage a UCITS governed by French law and aut…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5462-3

…e market or putting into service on French territory a device mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of €375,000: 1° Without the EU dec…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional compensation measures

Article 916-29

For each establishment, the amount of the direct allocation is determined by applying the percentage corresponding to the establishment's market share to the amount of funds allocated to direct alloca…

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