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Showing 10711080 of 2758 articles for Art. EU Reg. 650/2012

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-60

When an employee is appointed as representative of an association governed by the law of 1st July 1901 relating to the contract of association or entered in the register of associations in application…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XIV: Trusts

Article 2015

Only the credit institutions mentioned in I of Article L. 511-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code, the institutions and services listed in Article L. 518-1 of the same code, the investment firms ment…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Sociétés de participations financières de profession libérale de commissaires aux comptes

Article R822-111

Sociétés de participations financières de profession libérale de commissaires aux comptes constituées sur le fondement de l'Article 31-1 of Law no. 90-1258 of 31st December 1990 relating to the practi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Lawyers' fees

Article A444-187

The services listed in Table 6 of Article Annex 4-7 give rise to the collection of fees set in accordance with the respective provisions of subsections 1 to 5 of this section. Lump-sum reimbursements…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Control of the profession

Article L821-12-3

…ticle L. 821-1, the High Council may communicate information or documents to the authorities of non-EU Member States exercising powers similar to its own, subject to reciprocity and on condition that…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of in vitro diagnostic medical devices.

Article L5221-8

…rocedures for issuing in vitro diagnostic medical devices prescribed in another Member State of the European Union and the procedures for prescribing in vitro diagnostic medical devices with a view to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5441-9

…itions for prescribing self-vaccines and their use set out in point 5 of Article 106 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018;3° Failure to declare changes to the constituent elements of the decl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Preventing obesity and overweight

Article R3232-7

…l'environnement et du travail. This order complies with the provisions of Article 35 of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011, as amended, on th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1a: Financing of the insurance allowance

Article D5422-4-3

…ing mentioned in I of Article D. 5422-4 with the information mentioned in Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016, as well as the information relating to the limitations of their right…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Registration of the application

Article L521-2

…erstand, with information on the rights and obligations arising from the application of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, under the conditions…

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