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Showing 40314040 of 9933 articles for Art. EU Mutual Assistance Directive 2010/24/EU

French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: PENALTIES

Article R452-2

…3; 2° Paragraph 3 of Article 19 and paragraph 3 of Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and req…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-18-6

…hés financiers is responsible for applying the provisions of Articles 4, 5, 9 and 10 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, cen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products

Article L5541-3

…and antiparasiticides for human use, essential oils and medicinal plants, raw materials for pharmaceutical use ;2° Contraceptives and contraceptive products;3° Medical devices and their accessories;3…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Governance of credit institutions and finance companies

Article R511-18

…nomy, the information referred to in g), h), i) and k) of paragraph 1 of Article 450 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 published by credit in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Specialised credit institutions

Article R513-20

…Article L. 513-4 and amounts placed in accounts opened with a central bank of a Member State of the European Union and meeting the criteria of a of 1 of Article 416 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Registration

Article R822-7

…the garde des sceaux, ministre de la justice, and allowing the practice of the profession in a non-EU Member State admitting French nationals to practice statutory auditing; b) Three years' professio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Referee.

Article L2524-1

…for a contractual arbitration procedure and the establishment of a list of arbitrators drawn up by mutual agreement between the parties.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special provisions for the different types of guarantee

Article R1251-17

The financial guarantee may only be granted by mutual guarantee companies if their sole purpose is to guarantee the claims defined in article L. 1251-49.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO NEW CALEDONIA

Article L732-3

…8 II.-For the application of I, references to the delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 98.1 of Directive (EU) 2015/2366 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 referred…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 1649 ter B

…ls at least one of the conditions provided for in this 2° in one or more other Member States of the European Union and fulfils its reporting obligations to one of these other Member States pursuant to…

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