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Showing 59115920 of 6655 articles for Art. EU Regulation 2368/2002

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: Banking inclusion and prevention of over-indebtedness

Article L312-1-1-A

…ved by order of the Minister for the Economy, after consultation with the Comité consultatif du secteur financier (Financial Sector Consultative Committee) and the Comité consultatif de la législation…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Human rights

Article L1110-5-2

…provided for in this article is implemented in accordance with the collegiate procedure defined by regulation, which enables the healthcare team to check beforehand that the conditions for its applic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal penalties

Article L1337-1-1

…and to mining police officers, the offences provided for in this chapter, those provided for in the regulations adopted in application of chapter III of this title, the offences against the rules of p…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article D321-2

…6 January 1986 relating to timeshare property allocation companies, provided that the co-ownership regulations or the documents provided for in article 8 of law no. 86-18 of 6 January 1986 expressly…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for financial assistance

Article 122-2

…e supporting documents specific to each assistance, listed in the annexes included in these general regulations; 3° The documents and information required to verify compliance with the general eligibi…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Design-build contract

Article L2171-2

…g to improving energy efficiency or the construction of a new building that exceeds current thermal regulations make it necessary to involve the contractor in the design of the work. Such a contract i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Investment certificates.

Article L228-31

The Extraordinary General Meeting of a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market and whose existing investment certificates represent no more than 1% of the share capital may…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Withholding

Article L623-37

…ritten request from the holder of the plant variety certificate and except in cases provided for by European Union regulations, the customs administration may, in the course of its controls, detain go…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Counterfeiting litigation

Article L716-4-2

…ng an infringement action with the consent of the owner of the mark, unless otherwise stated in the regulations governing use. The proprietor of a guarantee mark or collective mark may claim, on behal…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Customs detention

Article L716-8-1

…neficiary of an exclusive right of exploitation and outside the cases provided for by the Community regulations in force, the customs administration may, as part of its controls, detain goods likely t…

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