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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: European UCITS management companies

Article L532-20-2

…ouncil of 13 July 2009 shall provide the following documents to the Autorité des marchés financiers:1° The written agreement with the depositary referred to in Article L. 214-10;2° Information on the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prudential provisions

Article L526-32

…ssuance of electronic money shall be protected in accordance with one of the following two methods: 1° The funds collected shall under no circumstances be confused with the funds of natural or legal p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L526-15

…so be decided ex officio by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution if the institution:1° Does not make use of the authorisation within a period of twelve months or has ceased to carry on…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General information

Article L525-6-1

…lectronic communications services, for a subscriber to the network or service, for the execution of:1° Payment transactions carried out for the purchase of digital content and voice services, regardle…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prudential provisions

Article L526-30

…omply with articles L. 522-14 to L. 522-18 when they provide payment services within the meaning of 1° of article L. 526-2. II. - Electronic money institutions are required to comply with article L. 5…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L526-21

…application of the provisions relating to freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services :1° "Competent authorities" means the authority or authorities of another Member State of the Europea…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prudential provisions

Article L522-14

…ital requirements applicable to institutions which provide one or more of the services mentioned in 1° to 6° of II of article L. 314-1 are laid down by regulation.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation of payment institutions

Article L522-11

…of a period determined by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.During this period :1° The payment institution remains subject to supervision by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Distribution of electronic money

Article L525-8

…more persons to distribute electronic money on their behalf and carry out the following activities: 1° Putting electronic money into circulation, including reloading electronic money ; 2° Redemption o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L522-12

…application of the provisions relating to freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services :1° "competent authorities" means the authority or authorities of a Member State of the European Unio…

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