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Showing 30213030 of 6855 articles for Art. EU Regulation 2016/1103

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit, other engagements and services performed by statutory auditors

Article R823-6-1

…s of his appointment; 2° Information establishing that the conditions laid down in Article 17(4) of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of 16 April 2014 are met; 3° The reasons justifying the need to extend t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Company accounts and accounting documents

Article L511-36

…ted form, credit institutions and finance companies do so in accordance with the rules defined by a regulation of the Autorité des normes comptables (French accounting standards authority) issued afte…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to the import and export of elements or products of the human body mentioned in article R. 1245-1 from or to countries outside the European Union and the European Economic Area and intended for the manufacture of medicinal products

Article R1245-25

The authorisations shall specify the elements listed in Annex II of Directive (EU) 2015/566. Authorisations issued in this way may be modified, suspended or withdrawn in whole or in part by the Direct…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-24-8

I. - In accordance with the conditions laid down in the General Regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers, the custodian shall ensure that :1° That all payments made by or on behalf of unitho…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-7

…the Republic are admitted to trading on a regulated market of a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or on a financial instruments market admitting to trading shares that can be…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Exploitation of works by providers of online content-sharing services

Article L137-2

…down in 1, for a period of three years after the service is made available to the public within the European Union and provided that it has an annual turnover of less than ten million euros calculated…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisational requirements

Article L420-3

…terms of liquidity for a given instrument by application of the provisions of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/570 of 26 May 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliamen…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Spouse and child of a foreign national holding long-term resident status - EU in another Member State of the European Union

Article L426-13

…en, to the child, who entered France as a minor, of a foreign national holding long-term resident - EU status in another European Union Member State and a temporary residence permit issued pursuant to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article L773-25

I.-Subject to the provisions of II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same ta…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article L774-25

I.-Subject to the provisions of II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same…

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