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Showing 28812890 of 6655 articles for Art. EU Regulation 2368/2002

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: French regulated markets.

Article R*421-6-1

Silence on the part of the administration shall constitute a decision to reject : 1° Applications for initial approval of the rules of a regulated market made pursuant to the third paragraph of Articl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article R621-36

…ritten report. This report shall indicate, in particular, any facts that may constitute breaches of European regulations, of this Code, of the Commercial Code, of the General Regulation of the Autorit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General-purpose investment funds.

Article R214-32-28

…ion and Development, an investment firm whose registered office is located in a Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, or an autho…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Traceability

Article L3512-25

…ferred to in Article L. 3512-23, unit packets of tobacco products manufactured, imported from a non-EU Member State or originating from an EU Member State must include a forgery-proof security feature…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: REFUGEE STATUS

Article L511-2

…ons laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 9 and paragraph 1 of Article 10 of Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualifica…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Transfer of beneficiaries of temporary protection or their family members

Article R581-14

The préfet de département and, in Paris, the préfet de police may refer the matter to another EU Member State for the purposes of transferring a foreign national who is a beneficiary of temporary prot…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Surrender of foreign nationals holding long-term resident status - EU granted by another Member State of the European Union

Article R621-7

…authority designated in article R. 621-1 finds that a foreign national holding long-term resident - EU status granted by another State is the subject of an enforceable removal decision issued on the g…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of the customs service.

Article 44 bis

…service may carry out the necessary controls in order to: a) prevent infringements of the laws and regulations that the customs administration is responsible for enforcing in the customs territory ;…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial conglomerates

Article L517-4

…ndertaking, other than a regulated entity, which has its registered office in a Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and which, t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Creation of accounts.

Article R123-199-1

…s" have the same meaning as defined by the international accounting standards adopted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2238/2004 of 29 December 2004, in particular the part of its Annex IAS 24 entitle…

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