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Showing 23412350 of 6655 articles for Art. EU Regulation 2368/2002

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1464 I bis

…he business must be a small or medium-sized enterprise, 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…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1458 bis

…s:1° The company is a small or medium-sized enterprise, 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…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1466 B

…areas, the benefit of the exemption is subject to compliance with Articles 13 and 14 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article L775-20

…e paragraph of Article L. 721-24"; 2° In the last paragraph of Article L. 526-37, the references to Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 July 2002 are delet…

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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 Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Prevention of conflicts of interest

Article L522-1

…her pursuant 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 carri…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article L717-5

An application for a European Union trade mark or a European Union trade mark may only be converted into an application for a national trade mark in the cases provided for in Article 139 of Regulation…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction and powers of Deputy European Public Prosecutors

Article 696-109

For offences within their jurisdiction, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors shall exercise, pursuant to Articles 4 and 13 of the aforementioned Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Definitions and scope of application

Article L411-1

…ot been authorised to do so by law are prohibited from making a public offer, within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017, of financial securities or shares, on pain of nullity…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Company accounts and accounting documents

Article L511-37

…ôle prudentiel et de résolution shall ensure that the publications provided for in this Article, in Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 and, for f…

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