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Showing 39413950 of 9933 articles for Art. EU Mutual Assistance Directive 2010/24/EU

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Expertise procedure

Article R1142-63-12

The Office shall bear the cost of expert assessments, subject to reimbursement by the person(s) liable or their insurers, pursuant to Articles L. 1142-24-6 or L. 1142-24-7.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Specific rules concerning third-country companies

Article L532-48

…Professional clients and eligible counterparties, in the absence of an equivalence decision by the European Commission as provided for in Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfers between supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L384-3

…ll or part of their portfolio of contracts to one or more supplementary occupational pension funds, mutual insurance companies or supplementary occupational pension unions referred to in Article L. 21…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exercise of parental authority by separated parents

Article 373-2

…t of the person directly concerned or the family court judge, the public prosecutor may request the assistance of the police to enforce a decision of the family court judge, a divorce agreement by mut…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-1

…ory auditors shall also be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of 16 April 2014. Article 16(2) to (5) of the aforementioned Regulation shall not ap…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to leave for health or family reasons

Article R6152-824

…t retains the benefit of his appointment or contract for the duration of his leave to provide close assistance. For the application of this article, the powers of the appointing authority are exercise…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title VI: Criminal provisions

Article R162-5

…to in Article L. 525-8 or a bureau de change, fails to withdraw from circulation, prior to issuing euro banknotes received from the public, banknotes which he has sufficient reason to believe to be c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Fees charged by judicial auctioneers

Article A444-5

…44-1:1° Number 2 (purely descriptive inventory);2° Number 3 (inventory reconciliation);3° Number 6 (assistance with summary proceedings and registration of the order);4° Number 7 (assistance with the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Informing users and expressing their wishes

Article R1541-2

…Calédonie ;3° Article R. 1111-19 is replaced by the following provisions:"Art. R. 1111-19 - Advance directives are kept in a way that makes them easily accessible to the doctor called upon to make a d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2223-34-2

…out by individuals with the companies referred to in article L. 310-1 of the Insurance Code and the mutual insurers and unions mentioned in Article L. 111-1 of the Mutual Code. The terms and condition…

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