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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article L533-26

…its activities, the persons referred to in I may not simultaneously hold, within any legal person: 1° More than one mandate for one of the functions mentioned in 1° of IV and two mandates for one of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-4-6

…n accordance with Article 43(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 is in one of the following situations: 1° The investment firm is exposed to a liquidity risk or to elements of liquidity risk which are not…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Responsibility of the competent authorities

Article L532-45

…utorité des marchés financiers may, at the request of the European Securities and Markets Authority:1° Prohibit the marketing, in the European Union, of units or shares of AIFs managed by managers est…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Approval of AIFM established in a third country

Article L532-37

…Authority without delay. The AMF shall provide the following information to support its assessment: 1° A list of the provisions of this section with which the AIFM cannot comply ; 2° A demonstration,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Approval of AIFM established in a third country

Article L532-31

…required to comply with that provision if it can demonstrate that the following conditions are met: 1° Compliance with this provision cannot be combined with compliance with a provision of the law und…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Specific rules concerning third-country companies

Article L532-48

…in Article L. 321-1 and, where applicable, the related services mentioned in Article L. 321-2, to : 1° Non-professional clients ; 2° Clients who have asked to be treated as professional clients; 3° Pr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Specific rules concerning third-country companies

Article L532-50

…y performing equivalent supervisory functions, and to the general meeting, and after ensuring that: 1° The conditions set out in II of Article L. 532-48 are met; 2° The branch is able to comply with t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Specific rules concerning third-country companies

Article L532-47

In this section :1° "Third-country firm" means a firm which, if its head office or registered office were situated in a Member State of the European Union, would be either a credit institution providi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions common to investment firms and portfolio management companies relating to professional secrecy

Article L531-12

…te the transactions listed below, provided that this information is necessary for such transactions:1° Credit transactions carried out, directly or indirectly, by one or more investment firms or one o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Approval

Article L532-9

I. - Portfolio management companies are legal entities which manage one or more : 1° UCITS ; 2° FIA ; 3° UCITS governed by foreign law and approved in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the Europ…

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