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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Token issuers

Article L552-2

For the purposes of this chapter, a token is any intangible asset representing, in digital form, one or more rights that may be issued, recorded, stored or transferred by means of a shared electronic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and registration requirements

Article L548-2

…ined inArticle L. 511-1 of the Insurance Code.III - The Minister responsible for the economy shall set the conditions under which participative finance intermediaries may carry out, on a regular basis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Single registration

Article L546-2

I. - When registering or renewing their registration, the persons referred to in I of article L. 546-1 are required to provide the body that keeps the register with all the information needed to verif…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exchange of information

Article L561-28

…partment referred to in Article L. 561-23. The President of the Council of the Bar of the Conseil d'Etat and the Cour de cassation shall inform the Principal State Prosecutor at the Cour de cassation…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exchange of information

Article L561-27

…tain it in good time from them at its request.For the purposes of carrying out its mission, it has :1° A right of direct access to the files used by the departments responsible for the assessment, con…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-20

…561-18 and unless the department mentioned in Article L. 561-23 objects, the persons mentioned in 1° to 7° bis and 7° quater of Article L. 561-2, as well as their subsidiaries and branches, shall in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and prerogatives

Article L561-25

…10-2 and Articles L. 561-12 and L. 561-13 be communicated directly to it within the time limits it sets. This right is exercised on the basis of documents or on site for the persons mentioned in 1° to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-21

Notwithstanding Article L. 561-18, the persons mentioned in 1° to 7°c and in 12°, 12°a, 13°, 18° and 19° of Article L. 561-2 may, when acting for the same customer and in the same transaction or when…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and prerogatives

Article L561-26

…eferred to in Article L. 561-2, for the implementation of their customer due diligence obligations set out in this chapter: 1° Transactions that present a significant risk of money laundering or terro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exchange of information

Article L561-29

…is Title that it usually exercises at national level.This department may not pass on to another competent authority information thus communicated to it by a counterpart financial intelligence unit wit…

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