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Showing 931940 of 3730 articles for Art. EU Directive 85/374/EEC

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 1: Development tax

Article 1635 quater Q

The development tax provided for in article 1635 quater A is controlled according to the procedures and under the guarantees and penalties provided for in matters of direct contributions.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Duties towards members of other healthcare professions.

Article R4127-362

After the consultation or intervention of the doctor called in, the midwife, in agreement with the patient, takes over the direction of care under her own responsibility.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Beneficiaries of subsidiary protection

Article L424-14

…for in article L. 424-9 may be issued with a residence permit bearing the words "long-term resident-EU", under the conditions provided for in article L. 426-17.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-21

…rforming or having performed a clinical investigation in breach of Articles 63 to 66 of Regulation (EU) No 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 and Article L. 1121-6,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Application to certain non-EU Member States

Article 695-9-48

…1 between the services or units mentioned in the same Article and the competent services of the non-EU Member States associated with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acq…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Secondary insolvency proceedings

Article L692-3

…gs if he considers that the court has not complied with the provisions of Article 38 of Regulation (EU) 2015/848 referred to above.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 7: Automatic processing of personal data relating to requests for validation of reception certificates

Article R142-49

The right to object provided for in Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and in Article 56 of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 does not apply to the processing operations mentioned i…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: Residence permits granted to beneficiaries of international protection

Article R424-2

The resident card bearing the words "long-term resident-EU", provided for in article L. 424-5, issued to a foreign national who is a refugee, bears the following statement under the heading "Remarks":…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: Residence permits granted to beneficiaries of international protection

Article R424-5

A foreign national holding a residence permit bearing the words "long-term resident-EU" provided for in article L. 424-5 may have it withdrawn if he loses refugee status in the cases mentioned in arti…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: REGISTRATION OF THE ASYLUM APPLICATION

Article R521-7

…s at least 14 years old, his/her fingerprints will be taken in full, in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 603/2013 of 26 June 2013.

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