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Showing 26112620 of 9933 articles for Art. EU Mutual Assistance Directive 2010/24/EU

French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 AI

…ragraph applies to small and medium-sized enterprises, within the meaning of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal mar…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L461-1

…of article L. 412-6 in Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the words: "in Article 38 of EU Regulation No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and central counterparties

Article L613-77

…ercial Code and capital increases, reductions or amortisations decided under Title V of Regulation (EU) 2021/23 are carried out ipso jure on the date set by the resolution college, without the need fo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-20-10

…hority, within the meaning of paragraph 18 of Article 2 and paragraph 6 of Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1238 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on a pan-European indivi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5462-4

…ufacturer, authorised representative or importer of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746, whose registered office is located on French territory, to register the device or upda…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Conditions of practice

Article R743-145

…ntry in the trade and companies register of the decision, given by a court of a Member State of the European Union subject to the application of Council Regulation No 1346-2000 of 29 May 2000 on insol…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-11

…es or establishments, maintaining links with one of the high-risk third countries identified by the European Commission pursuant to Article 9 of Directive (EU) 2015/849 of 20 May 2015. II.-The Ministe…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Information to be provided to the public

Article R385-21

…18 to R. 385-20, under the conditions specified by Article 298 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 of 10 October 2014 supplementing Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-138-4

…equivalent if :1° They meet the requirements set out in Commission Delegated Regulation No 2016/161 EU of 2 October 2015 supplementing Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Counci…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Foreign nationals with proof of regular uninterrupted residence in France, a certain level of resources and health insurance

Article L426-19

The decision to grant the resident card bearing the words "long-term resident-EU" provided for in article L. 426-17 is subject to compliance with the conditions of republican integration provided for…

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