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Showing 49014910 of 9933 articles for Art. EU Mutual Assistance Directive 2010/24/EU

French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Undeclared imports and exports.

Article 426

…nt abroad; those for which exit is requested shall remain in France;3° Any false declaration or manoeuvre in connection with the obligation to declare goods for export, as provided for in Article 158…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer of ownership

Article L211-17-1

…r to deliver, on the date referred to in III of Article L. 211-17. Without prejudice to Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 on short selling and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L312-4

…emuneration.III. - At the request of the authorities of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area responsible for the administration or management of an equivalent deposit gua…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Investment services and related services

Article L321-2

…the centralised account-keeping service within the meaning of Section A of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 on improving securities settlement in the European Union and on central securities d…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Information to be provided

Article L522-3

…ed in the costs and expenses specified in the key information documents provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2014, and in particula…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-19

…ot apply to limit orders for an unusually large size within the meaning of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-2-3

…stems, strategies and procedures implemented by Class 2 investment firms to comply with Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 and to identify, measure and manage the risks to which they are or may be exposed, as…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Unit-linked life assurance or capitalisation contracts.

Article R131-1-2

…tly assess the risks involved; 2° Subscribers or members who allocate a premium of at least 100,000 euros to the acquisition of rights expressed in these units of account; 3° Or, where the units or sh…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Internal model

Article R352-20

…for the application of this Article are set out in Article 238 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 of 10 October 2014.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L613-56-2

…solution proceedings with central banks or central counterparties within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012.

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