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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Takeover bids and public exchange offers

Article L433-1

I. - In order to ensure shareholder equality and market transparency, the General Regulation of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) sets the rules for public offers of financial instruments issu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-3-3

I. - The penalties provided for in A of I of Article L. 465-1 shall apply to any person who:1° Provide or transmit false or misleading data or information used to calculate a benchmark index or inform…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating conditions

Article L425-5

…the operator of the organised trading system may trade by matching with interposition of the proprietary account when the transactions concern : 1° Financial instruments referred to in 1°, products r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Clearing houses

Article L440-9

…any other event of default by that member, the clearing house may, ipso jure and without formality: 1° Transfer to another member deposits made with that member relating to positions taken by non-defa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Book V: Service providers

Article L500-1

…er person, if he has been convicted within the last ten years of a final offence referred to in II: 1° Direct, manage, administer or be a member of a collegiate supervisory body of an organisation men…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Acquisitions of participating interests

Article L465-4

The penalties applicable to breaches of the obligation to disclose significant shareholdings are set out in 1° and 2° of I and III of article L. 247-1 and in article L. 247-2 of the French Commercial…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of directors and shareholders of market undertakings

Article L421-7-5

The corporate bodies of a market undertaking made up of the persons referred to in Article L. 421-7: 1° Define and supervise the implementation of a system of governance that guarantees the efficient…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Recognition, review and withdrawal of regulated market status

Article L421-6

…financiers, the Minister responsible for the economy may withdraw recognition from a regulated market in any of the following cases: 1° If the market undertaking does not make use of it within twelve…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: General provisions

Article L412-2

…awn up in the cases provided for by the general regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers: 1° Shares in mutual and cooperative banks mentioned inarticle L. 512-1 of the Monetary and Financial…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Canvassing in banking or financial matters

Article L353-2

The penalties set out in Article 313-1 of the Criminal Code shall apply: 1° The act, for any person, of engaging in the activity of banking or financial canvassing defined in article L. 341-1 without…

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