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Showing 29913000 of 5611 articles for Art. Directive 86/653/EEC – 18 Dec. 1986

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial securities.

Article R211-3

…on distributed ledger technology and amending Regulations (EU) No 600/2014 and (EU) No 909/2014 and Directive 2014/65/EU, is liable to the issuer in the event of loss, in particular of the DLT financi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial securities.

Article R211-6

…on distributed ledger technology and amending Regulations (EU) No 600/2014 and (EU) No 909/2014 and Directive 2014/65/EU, the first two paragraphs shall not apply if the competent national authorities…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial securities.

Article R211-2

…on distributed ledger technology and amending Regulations (EU) No 600/2014 and (EU) No 909/2014 and Directive 2014/65/EU, the financial securities shall be in bearer form.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to the digital procedure

Article A53-2

…identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/ EC, which is based on a qualified electronic signature certificate meeting the re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Approval and authorisation

Article R532-1

…enting Regulation of the European Commission adopted pursuant to paragraphs 4 and 5 of Article 7 of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014.II. - Where the ap…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Voluntary sales of movable property by public auction

Article A321-28

…qualification held by the applicant in accordance with the classification set out in Article 11 of Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 as amended on…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-21

…aracteristics, the presentation and content of which are laid down in accordance with article 11 of Directive 2001/83/EC of 6 November 2001 by order of the Minister for Health, issued on a proposal fr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions common to both procedures

Article R5121-51-5

…in the coordination group, the Community arbitration procedure provided for in articles 32 to 34 of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council applies. Where France is the refe…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: STAYS OF MORE THAN THREE MONTHS

Article L233-1

European Union citizens have the right to reside in France for more than three months if they meet one of the following conditions:1° They are gainfully employed in France;2° They have sufficient reso…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: The Trade and Companies Register

Article R123-166-5

Authorisation may be suspended for a maximum of six months or withdrawn by the prefect where the domiciliation company no longer meets the conditions set out in II of article L. 123-11-3 or has not ma…

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