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Showing 54415450 of 9933 articles for Art. EU Mutual Assistance Directive 2010/24/EU

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Realisation of assets.

Article L642-19

…public auction or authorises, at the price and under the conditions that he determines, the sale by mutual agreement of the debtor's other assets where this is likely to safeguard the debtor's interes…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the formation and performance of certain contracts

Article R242-5

…out by companies governed by the same code; from Chapter I of Title II of Book II of the code de la mutualité for operations carried out by mutual insurers and unions governed by the same code;-from C…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Liquidation of the debtor's assets

Article R742-23

In the event of the sale by mutual agreement of a property subject to a mortgage, the judge responsible for protection disputes shall determine the minimum amount of the sale price. Payment of the pri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supplementary supervision of financial conglomerates

Article L633-2

…II. - The coordinator is the competent authority of one of the States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area which meets criteria determined by the structure and organisation of the cong…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-3-7

…ncerning the owners of shares in a company which has its registered office in a Member State of the European Union other than France and whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market esta…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L4211-9-2

…of advanced therapy medicinal products defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1394/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2007 on advanced therapy medicinal products an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-1-2

…d 18° of Article L. 5121-1, and in a and d of 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1394/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2007 on advanced therapy medicinal products an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-1-4

When it is drawn up at the request of a patient with a view to use in another Member State of the European Union, the prescription of one of the medicinal products mentioned in 6°, 14° and 15° of Arti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-121

…copy of the authorisation to open the establishment authorised within the meaning of Article 40 of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Communi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title: XIV: Measures to protect victims of violence

Article 515-10

The protection order is issued by the judge, on application by the person in danger, assisted if necessary, or, with the latter's agreement, by the public prosecutor. Its issue is not conditional on t…

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