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Showing 31213130 of 6655 articles for Art. EU Regulation 2368/2002

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Other administrative police measures

Article L5145-9

I.-Where a breach of the provisions of Article 104 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 or of the provisions adopted for the application of III of Article L. 5143-2 is established, the admini…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte.

Article L924-6

…rchasers, provided that these contracts have been made compulsory in accordance with Article 164 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of 17 December 2013 before 1 January 2019 and that their extension is r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Declared funds.

Article R214-203-3

…at includes the business of granting loans ;2° A management company with its registered office in a European Union Member State other than France, authorised in accordance with Directive 2011/61/EU of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-176-1

…s in French or foreign UCITS or FIAs regularly marketed in France and authorised in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1131 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on money mar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article D744-12

…Article D. 214-228, the words "whose registered office is in a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or a member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development" ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: EC type-examination.

Article R5211-41-1

…authorised body shall assess, in accordance with the procedures specified in Article 5(2) to (7) of Regulation (EU) No 722/2012 of 8 August 2012 on specific requirements as regards the requirements la…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6113-5-2

…ct signed with the director of the establishment under the conditions provided for in Article 28 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 shall also i…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article 477-1

The future protection mandate is published by an entry in a special register, the procedures and access to which are regulated by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Buildings

Article 521

Ordinary cuttings of coppiced or mature woodland put into regulated cuttings only become movable as and when the trees are felled.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title II: Ownership

Article 544

…se of things in the most absolute manner, provided they are not used in a way prohibited by laws or regulations.

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