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Showing 45814590 of 6655 articles for Art. EU Regulation 2368/2002

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Municipal credit unions

Article L571-12

…enalties shall apply if a person with authorisation fails to keep a register that complies with the regulations and contains, without any blanks or spaces, the sums or objects loaned, the names, addre…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Drawing up and auditing the accounts of the social and economic committee

Article L2315-65

…assets and outstanding commitments. The content and presentation of this statement are defined by a regulation of the Autorité des normes comptables.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Principles.

Article L3221-7

…provision contained in a contract of employment, a collective labour agreement, a wage agreement, a regulation or a wage scale resulting from a decision by an employer or an employers' association and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Combating the international spread of disease.

Article L3115-4

…event of a risk to public health, within the meaning of Article 1 of the 2005 International Health Regulations, identified on board a means of transport, within the meaning of the same article, the r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisational rules.

Article L4152-7

…152-1. The disciplinary chamber of first instance is composed of a number of midwives determined by regulation on the basis of the number of midwives registered in the most recently published register…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Mutual insurance companies.

Article R322-106

Surplus income may be distributed only after the reserves prescribed by the laws and regulations in force have been set up, after any loans taken out have been repaid and after the regulatory provisio…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Guarantee fund for policyholders against the failure of life and health insurance companies.

Article R423-11

…ures for convening and holding meetings of the members of the fund's governing bodies. Its internal regulations set the conditions for the operation of the fund, for the payment of sums due to policyh…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ie: Transparency and control procedures

Article R321-22

…r for Culture, pursuant to article L. 326-9, includes the draft articles of association and general regulations and any documents justifying the professional status of the founders as well as a statem…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Specific measures applicable to products, services and establishments

Article L521-10

Where it is found that all or part of the products do not comply with the regulations in force, the authorised agents may order them to be brought into conformity, at the operator's expense, within a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article R512-37

…nce of any other piece of information likely to constitute a presumption of non-compliance with the regulations, shall notify the owner or holder of the product without delay. In this case, the value…

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