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Showing 37213730 of 9933 articles for Art. EU Mutual Assistance Directive 2010/24/EU

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and special conditions

Article R1125-14

Research involving the human person carried out in the context of medically assisted procreation means research which complies with the conditions laid down in Title II of Book I of Part One of this C…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The guarantee fund.

Article R334-8

The provisions of Article R. 334-7 do not apply to mutual insurance companies fully reinsured by a union referred to in Article L. 322-26-3, or to agricultural mutual insurance companies or funds exem…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Illegal practice.

Article L4161-2

The practice of dentistry is unlawful: 1° Any person who habitually or by continuous direction, even in the presence of a practitioner, takes part in the practice of dentistry, by consultation, person…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis ZG

It is hereby instituted, for the pari mutuel organised and operated by the sociétés de courses under the conditions laid down by Article 5 of the Law of 2 June 1891, the purpose of which is to regulat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General-purpose investment funds.

Article R214-32-28

…ion and Development, an investment firm whose registered office is located in a Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, or an autho…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Renewal and termination of contracts

Article L215-5

…e rules relating to tacit renewal and the procedures for cancelling membership contracts offered by mutual societies and unions of mutual societies are laid down by the provisions of Chapter I of Titl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-40

…inance company is in one of the following situations: 1° It has breached a provision of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, with the exception of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 6: Acts performed under guardianship

Article 467

The person under curatorship may not, without the assistance of the curator, perform any act which, in the case of guardianship, would require the authorisation of the judge or the family council. Whe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and special conditions

Article R1125-16

When an unmarried couple or woman undergoing medically assisted procreation is asked to take part in research involving the human person carried out in the context of medically assisted procreation, t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Popular retirement savings plan

Article L144-4

For the purposes of this chapter, mutual insurers governed by the Mutual Code and provident institutions referred to in Article L. 931-1 of the Social Security Code and Article L. 727-2 of the Rural a…

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