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Showing 34113420 of 9933 articles for Art. EU Mutual Assistance Directive 2010/24/EU

French Insurance CodeIn force
Book V: Insurance distributors

Article R541-1

…Decree no. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014 containing various provisions adapting financial matters to European Union law and relating to finance companies.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Territorial, local and departmental chambers of commerce and industry in the Ile-de-France region

Article D711-10-1

…vices. To this end, they cooperate with the competent authorities of the other Member States of the European Union or the States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-34-1

…"Transnational group" means a group with entities established in more than one Member State of the European Union; 3° "EU State aid rules" means all the rules laid down by Articles 107, 108 and 109 o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial and statistical monitoring

Article R5134-18

…ed to carry out automated processing of personal data contained in decisions to award employability assistance. The purpose of the automated processing is 1° The management, control and monitoring of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1640 B

I. - For the calculation of business property tax assessments for 2010, the municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status vote a relay rate, under…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Operating conditions

Article L5125-15

The pharmacist who is the proprietor of a pharmacy must practise his profession personally.The implementation of the provisions of article L. 5125-7-1 does not prevent the proprietor from practising h…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4221-11

The Minister for Health may authorise to practise pharmacy in France, after obtaining the opinion of a commission composed in particular of health professionals, persons who have worked for three year…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L356-4

…ion may decide, after consultation with the group supervisor and the ultimate parent undertaking at EU level, to also apply group supervision at the level of the ultimate parent undertaking in France.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Provisions relating to associated communes resulting from a merger with more than 100,000 inhabitants and delegated communes

Article R2113-19

The provisions of Article R. 2511-22 are applicable to the associated communes mentioned in article L. 2113-17 as it stood prior to the loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010 de réforme des collectivité…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Position limits

Article L420-11

…on may hold at any time: 1° In agricultural commodity derivatives within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014, traded on trading plat…

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