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Showing 25412550 of 9933 articles for Art. EU Mutual Assistance Directive 2010/24/EU

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-22-1

…ion and declarations disseminated by the Financial Action Task Force and the lists published by the European Commission pursuant to Article 9 of Directive (EU) 2015/849 of 20 May 2015 on the preventio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-138-1

…to their presence on the list established in Annex I of Commission Delegated Regulation No 2016/161 EU of 2 October 2015 supplementing Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Counci…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Provisions relating to the resolution of transnational groups

Article L613-60-2

…rities of the subsidiaries concerned. To this end, the resolution board may seek mediation from the European Banking Authority pursuant to Article 31 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Pa…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-26

…ecision of the group supervisor, it may, within one month of that proposal, refer the matter to the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L284-2

…of Norway and the Swiss Confederation in the Wallis and Futuna Islands; 3° References to the social assistance system are replaced by references to the social assistance system applicable locally; 4°…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D2-1

…officers of the various corps or departments maintain, at all levels, relations of cooperation and mutual assistance, in compliance with the administrative rules and hierarchical procedures in force.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum solvency margin requirement

Article R334-19

…asses mentioned either in 1 and 2 or in 20 to 26 of Articles R. 321-1 of this Code, R. 211-2 of the Mutual Code and R. 931-2-1 of the Social Security Code is equal to the sum of the following two elem…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L621-30-1

…des marchés financiers may only be held liable for the application of the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 and its delegated regulations in respect of the approval of prospectuses.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Insolvency proceedings concerning members of a group of companies established in several Member States

Article R694-1

…5 shall apply to the suspension measure referred to in Article 60 of the aforementioned Regulation (EU) No 2015/848.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-18

…12-1 include: 1° The provisions of Articles 1 to 4, 16 and 18 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002, as amended, laying down the general princ…

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