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Showing 12111220 of 2758 articles for Art. EU Reg. 650/2012

French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 26: Fibres and textile products

Article R412-42

…the provisions of Articles 2 to 5, 7 to 17, 19, 20 and 26 as well as Annexes I to IX to Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2011 as amended on te…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Commitments giving rise to a diversification provision

Article A134-6

…those whose synthetic risk indicator, referred to in Article 3 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2017/653 of 8 March 2017, is less than or equal to 2. For vehicles for which a synthetic risk…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Freedom to provide services within the territory of Member States of the European Union or parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D420-6

…n one month, in accordance with the procedure and conditions laid down in Article 35 of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a Eu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Safeguard measures

Article R4314-14

…echnical units, systems or components for which the safeguard procedure provided for in Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 is implemented in accordance with the provisions of Decree No 2005-1236 of 30 Septem…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXXVIII: Tax credit for executive training

Article 244 quater M

…companies that meet the definition of a microenterprise given in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal mar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Traceability

Article L3512-24

…ta storage facility in compliance with the provisions laid down in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/573 of 15 December 2017 on the essential elements of data storage contracts to be concluded…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-3

…to fail, within a period of twelve months, to comply with the obligations laid down in Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 by a provision of this Title and Title III of this Book or of a regulation adopted f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5442-10

I.-The following offences are punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 euros:1° Any person prescribing veterinary medicinal products or medicated feedstuffs to animals for which the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to certain uses of orphan works

Article R135-1

…For unpublished writings forming part of the collections of libraries accessible to the public, museums and archive services: a) Legal deposit registers; b) Indexes and catalogues of holdings in the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative penalties

Article L241-2

…to the fourth paragraph of Article L. 212-1 is punishable by an administrative fine of up to 15,000 euros for an individual and 75,000 euros for a legal entity. When the fine is imposed following a re…

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