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Showing 19611970 of 6655 articles for Art. EU Regulation 2368/2002

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions specific to the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article D764-12

…application of I, in Article D. 440-3:1° The words: "in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws, regulations and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-138-1

…m this requirement due 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 Parli…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Pharmacies for internal use.

Article L5126-7

…rnal use may distribute the medicinal products and devices referred to respectively in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 and in Articl…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Operations of strategic interest to the French economy abroad

Article R442-11-4

…n article R. 442-11-1, after consulting the Commission des garanties et du crédit au commerce extérieur, on the basis of at least one of the following criteria:1° The transaction is carried out in a s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article L613-21-1

…with the other competent authorities within the meaning of point 40 of paragraph 1 of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 and within the meaning of point 7 of paragraph 1 of Article 4 of Regulat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Specific rules relating to third-country entities

Article D532-39

I. - Where, pursuant to paragraph 3 of Article 47 of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of 15 May 2014, a branch authorised in France of a third-country firm benefiting from an equivalence decision provided…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3a: Emergency care procedures within the remit of the fire service

Article R6311-18-1

As part of their participation in emergency medical aid and on the prescription of the regulating doctor or a doctor present at the scene, fire fighters are authorised to perform the following emergen…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 1135 bis

I. - Subject to the provisions of II, for successions opened between the date of publication of loi n° 2002-92 du 22 janvier 2002 relative à la Corse and 31 December 2012, immovable property and immov…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Bodies of the commune

Article L2573-6

…rtmental" is deleted.III.-For the application of article L. 2122-21 :1° In 6°, the words: "laws and regulations" are replaced by the words: "locally applicable provisions";2° In 9°, the words: ", unde…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Regulatory and monitoring role in the field of technical protection measures and the identification of protected works and objects

Article R331-45

By way of derogation from the provisions of Title VI of Book II of the Code of Civil Procedure, appeals brought before the Paris Court of Appeal against decisions of the Autorité de régulation de la c…

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