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Showing 36813690 of 9933 articles for Art. EU Mutual Assistance Directive 2010/24/EU

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…

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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 Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-2

…regulated professions in France, with details of the competent authorities for each of them and the assistance centres; > b) A list of the regulated professions in France, with details of the competen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Syndicate of communes

Article L5212-26

…dies of the public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation concerned.The total amount of the assistance funds may not exceed three quarters of the pre-tax cost of the operation concerned.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Duties of the social and economic committee in undertakings with at least eleven employees and fewer than fifty employees

Article L2312-6

The powers of the staff delegation to the social and economic committee are exercised for the benefit of employees, as well as :1° Employees within the meaning of article L. 4111-5, in matters of heal…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Special provisions for certain cross-border investigative measures.

Article 178-1

Where an investigative measure ordered abroad pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2020/1783 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2020 on cooperation between the courts of the Member St…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Deposit guarantee mechanism and resolution funding mechanism

Article L312-6-1

Where the European Commission takes a decision pursuant to Article 19(3) of Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2014 on the compatibility of recourse t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-16

…information shall be communicated in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 6 of Article 63 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017. Where the clinical inves…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-15

…information shall be communicated in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 6 of Article 59 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017. Where the performance st…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Prevention of conflicts of interest

Article L522-1

…to the provisions of Articles L. 521-1, L. 521-2 and L. 521-3 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/2359 of 21 September 2017, the intermediary or insurance undertaking that carries out distr…

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