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Showing 24212430 of 6855 articles for Art. EU Regulation 2016/1103

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-10

…ons made pursuant to Articles 41, 50, Article 56(6), Article 57 or Article 68(2) and (3) of Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1111 of 25 June 2019 concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcemen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Special provisions for certain types of research

Article L1127-3

…ure of which products of human or animal origin are involved, which do not fall within the scope of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 as defined in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-26

…are subject to quantitative limits. These limits are defined in Article 82 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014. Regarding compliance with the Minimum Capital Require…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Inspection.

Article L5146-4

…conditions defined by decision of the Director General of the Agency to monitor the application of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018, this Title and the provisions adopted for their applicat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Specialised credit institutions

Article R513-20

…Article L. 513-4 and amounts placed in accounts opened with a central bank of a Member State of the European Union and meeting the criteria of a of 1 of Article 416 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Voluntary termination of pregnancy.

Article L2445-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions of Title I of Book II of this Part shall apply in New Caledonia and French Polynesia:1° Chapter I ;2° The first paragr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Public health and environmental whistleblowing

Article L4133-2

…hall immediately alert the employer.The alert is recorded in writing under conditions determined by regulation.The employer shall examine the situation jointly with the staff representative on the soc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Cheque payment incidents

Article R734-7

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Exceptions to the protection of business secrecy

Article L151-8

…the press, and to freedom of information as proclaimed in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;2° To reveal, with the aim of protecting the general interest and in good faith, ille…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L1121-2

No person may be excluded from a recruitment procedure or from access to an internship or training period in the company, no employee may be penalised, dismissed or subjected to any direct or indirect…

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