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Showing 23812390 of 9933 articles for Art. EU Mutual Assistance Directive 2010/24/EU

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L1333-25

…lable evidence from the evaluation of clinical data within the meaning of Article 61 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 concerning medical device…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-1-A

…tal requirement over and above the requirements laid down respectively in part three of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 for credit institution…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-36

…ided for in Article L. 412-1: 1° The provisions of Article 4 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 of 22 October 2019 on the temporary reinforcement of official controls and emergency m…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: Residence permits issued for other reasons

Article R426-8

Where the foreign national already has a residence permit bearing the wording "long-term resident-EU" issued by another Member State of the European Union, mentioning that international protection has…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title one: Tax assessment and control

Article 1649 quater A

Cash transfers, within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash entering or leaving the Union and repealing Regulat…

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

Article L5221-4

The economic operators referred to in paragraph 28 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 are required to register under the conditions laid down in Article 28 of the same Regulation. In addition, t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title IV: Clearing houses

Article D440-2

…rudentiel et de résolution, when requiring that a clearing house be subject to authorisation by the European Central Bank as a credit institution within the meaning of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Home dispensing.

Article R5125-51

…t by the pharmacist holding or managing the pharmacy after death, or by the pharmacist managing the mutual benefit pharmacy or a mining relief society, or by their assistants or their replacements. It…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Respective rights and duties of management and staff under their authority

Article R8124-11

…inspectors shall help and assist each other in the performance of their duties. They owe each other mutual respect.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY

Article L152-2

…ion of this book in Saint-Barthélemy: 1° In article L. 142-1 to L. 142-4, references to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of pers…

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