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Showing 15211530 of 3730 articles for Art. EU Directive 85/374/EEC

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other provisions

Article D632-3-2

At the request of a competent authority of a trading venue to which an investment services provider other than an asset management company provides direct electronic access, the AMF shall communicate,…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Contractualised support pathway to employment and independence

Article R5131-10

The assessment provided for in article L. 5131-4 is the result of an analysis carried out with the young person of his or her situation, demands, plans and needs. This formalised assessment enables sk…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Skills consolidation and adaptation courses

Article R6152-904

In order to complete their skills consolidation programme or their adaptation period, associate practitioners are assigned to a healthcare establishment by the director general of the Centre national…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Exercise of the freedom to provide services and breach of obligations in connection with that exercise

Article L515-2

…concerned from distributing new contracts in France. In such cases, the Authority shall inform the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and may request the latter to provide assista…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1465

…tion of small and medium-sized enterprises, within the meaning of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal mar…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Materials in contact with water

Article R1321-48

…de l'environnement et du travail.V.-Without prejudice to the applicable provisions of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on market surveillance a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title III: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article L330-1

…h of II, permits, in accordance with common rules and standardised procedures within the meaning of Directive 98/26/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 1998 on settlement finali…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Forwarding agents.

Article L132-8

The consignment note forms a contract between the sender, the freight forwarder and the consignee or between the sender, the consignee, the freight forwarder and the freight forwarder. The freight for…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Direct allowances

Article 411-19

The amount of the direct allocation is equal to 95% of the sums invested under article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compensation for distribution costs

Article 917-5

Exceptional aid is granted in the form of direct allocations to distribution companies in order to compensate for part of the expenditure they have incurred in distributing cinematographic works whose…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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