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Showing 57015710 of 6655 articles for Art. EU Regulation 2368/2002

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1511-1-1

The State notifies the European Commission of the aid projects or aid schemes that the territorial authorities and their groupings wish to implement, subject to their compatibility with the State's de…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 60-1

…ormation, in particular in digital form, where applicable in accordance with standards laid down by regulation, without the obligation of professional secrecy being invoked against them without legiti…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 6: Disciplinary sanctions

Article R222-38

…7 to L. 222-18, R. 222-20, R. 222-31 and R. 222-32 as well as the provisions of the sports agents' regulations issued on the basis of article L. 222-18, impose the following sanctions on sports agent…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Procedure for pre-marketing AIFs in France or in an EU Member State other than France (article L. 214-24-2-1)

Article L214-24-2-1

Any French portfolio management company may pre-market units or shares of a European Union AIF to professional clients in France or in another Member State of the European Union under conditions laid…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Hygiene of buildings and built-up areas.

Article L1331-1-1

…erly. This obligation does not apply to abandoned buildings, buildings which, in application of the regulations, must be demolished or cease to be used, or buildings which are connected to an industri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Biomedicine

Article L1418-6

…ng the independence of their members and the absence of conflicts of interest shall be laid down by regulation. The Ministers for Health and Research and the Director General of the Agency may respect…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article L22-10-52

As an exception to the second paragraph of article L. 225-136, for companies whose equity securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market and insofar as the equity securities to be issued imm…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article L612-7

…e existence of the earlier application under the conditions and within the time limits laid down by regulation. 2. Multiple priorities may be claimed for a patent application, even if they originate i…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L811-6

…he prohibitions set out in Articles 9, with the exception of its fourth paragraph, 10 and 13 of the regulations referred to in Article L. 811-5 shall constitute an infringement giving rise to civil li…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
23° bis : Tax credit for childcare costs for young children

Article 200 quater B

…f the Public Health Code or to persons or establishments established in another Member State of the European Community that comply with equivalent regulations.

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