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Showing 58715880 of 6655 articles for Art. EU Regulation 2368/2002

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article R5322-11

…gned with the State; 4° The annual work programme; 5° The activity report; 6° The agency's internal regulations; 7° The budget and its amending decisions, the financial account and the allocation of r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Creation, transformation and abolition of public health establishments.

Article R6141-11

…n is created in application of the second paragraph of article L. 6141-1, its first set of internal regulations is drawn up by the Director for a period that may not exceed twenty-four months, pending…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Secondment.

Article R6152-51

Practitioners covered by these Staff Regulations may be seconded either at their own request or automatically.Secondment on request may only take place in one of the following cases:1° Secondment to a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Emergency evacuation of victims by approved civil protection associations

Article R6312-45

The persons making up the crews of the vehicles of approved civil security associations belong to the following categories: 1° Holders of the ambulance driver's state diploma instituted by the ministe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-1-B

…ardised Method or the Simplified Standardised Method referred to in Article 84 of Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013. The arrangements, strategies and p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article L236-42

…on is not being carried out for abusive or fraudulent purposes leading to or intended to circumvent European Union law or French law, or for criminal purposes. To this end, the Registrar shall take in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Importation

Article 548

Works imported from a non-EU country must be presented to the customs authorities for customs clearance. After the responsibility stamp has been affixed at the importer's premises, the works are then…

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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 R1245-23

…processing, as provided for in the first paragraph of II of article L. 1245-5-1, are sent by pharmaceutical establishments and by establishments authorised under articles L. 4211-9-1 and L. 4211-9-2 t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R532-31

…e of an AIFM established in a third country" means :1° Where the AIFM intends to manage one or more European Union AIFs established in the same Member State, without marketing them in the European Uni…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36

…561-2 with the obligations laid down in Chapters I and II of this Title, with directly applicable European provisions relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing, includin…

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