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Showing 16511660 of 9933 articles for Art. EU Mutual Assistance Directive 2010/24/EU

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Collective investment management companies

Article L543-1

…anies, legal entities that manage the AIFs mentioned in 3° of III of Article L. 214-24, managers of European venture capital funds covered by Regulation (EU) No 345/2013 of the European Parliament and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I

Article R961-1

I.-The reference to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Surrender procedures resulting from agreements concluded by the European Union with other States.

Article 695-53

…at the time of the acts covered by the arrest warrant issued by a State that is not a member of the European Union shall be refused.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the transmission by the French judicial authorities of decisions relating to judicial supervision to the competent authorities of another Member State of the European Union

Article 696-56

…shall also be competent to place a person under judicial supervision in another Member State of the European Union and to transmit that decision for recognition and enforcement in that State, in accor…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Surrender procedures resulting from agreements concluded by the European Union with other States.

Article 695-58

…dures provided for in this section, consent shall be refused to a State that is not a member of the European Union if the offence in respect of which it is requested is of a political nature, unless i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Surrender procedures resulting from agreements concluded by the European Union with other States.

Article 695-52

…apter shall apply to requests for surrender between France and a State which is not a member of the European Union as soon as an agreement concluded by the European Union with that State and establish…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Surrender procedures resulting from agreements concluded by the European Union with other States.

Article 695-55

…dual criminality of the acts complained of when the acts in question are, under the law of the non-EU Member State, punishable by a custodial sentence of at least twelve months' imprisonment or by a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Surrender procedures resulting from agreements concluded by the European Union with other States.

Article 695-56

For the implementation of 2° of Article 695-24 in the context of the surrender procedures provided for in this section, the execution of the arrest warrant may be refused if the person sought for the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Surrender procedures resulting from agreements concluded by the European Union with other States.

Article 695-57

Surrender shall not be granted to a State that is not a member of the European Union if the offence for which surrender is requested is of a political nature, unless it is an offence referred to in Ar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Surrender procedures resulting from agreements concluded by the European Union with other States.

Article 695-54

…at the time of the acts covered by the arrest warrant issued by a State that is not a member of the European Union shall be refused. The last two paragraphs of Article 695-47 do not apply to surrender…

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