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Showing 33713380 of 6655 articles for Art. EU Regulation 2368/2002

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L784-10

…Article L. 229-7 of the Environment Code do not apply; 2° References to Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC deri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L783-10

…Article L. 229-7 of the Environment Code do not apply; 2° References to Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC deri…

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

Article R214-203-6

…calculated using the commitment calculation method as set out in Article 8 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 231/2013 of 19 December 2012 ;b) The fund rules or articles of association shall…

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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 R214-162

…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 Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Application to vary a marketing authorisation requiring an assessment

Article D5141-56

…of Article L. 5141-8 for changes assessed under the worksharing procedure pursuant to Article 65 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterina…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Common provisions relating to fire and rescue services

Article L1424-3

…carry out the prevention missions for which they are responsible, in particular with regard to the regulations applicable to fire and panic risks in establishments open to the public, the mayor or th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the fire and rescue service of the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy

Article L1424-86

…o carry out the prevention missions for which they are responsible, particularly with regard to the regulations applicable to fire and panic risks in establishments open to the public, the president o…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Examination of the sports agent's licence

Article R222-17

…nation who have obtained a minimum mark in the second test, as previously set by the sports agents' regulations. It notifies the results to those concerned within one month of the date of the test and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-47-1

…e persons mentioned in the article L. 135 ZC du livre des procédures fiscales shall respond via the Europol national unit mentioned in paragraph 2 of Article 7 of Regulation 2016/794 of 11 May 2016 on…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: General shops

Article L522-15

…tural damage and waste arising from the nature and packaging of the goods or from cases of force majeure. The standard regulations and special regulations provided for in articles L. 522-13 and L. 522…

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