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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information on national territory.

Article L631-2-3

…ial activity that they have exercised or may exercise in the two years preceding their appointment; and3° any office they held in a legal entity during the two years prior to their appointment, that t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D214-32-2

…ment company is subject to : 1° Compliance by the portfolio management company with the legislative and regulatory provisions applicable to management companies covered by Directive 2011/61/EU of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: UCITS.

Article D214-31-2

The annual and half-yearly reports are published within the following deadlines, starting from the end of the periods to which they refer:1° Four months for the annual report ;2° Two months for the ha…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Funding bodies

Article D214-232-3

Any decision by the management company of a securitisation undertaking to buy and sell financial securities, to enter into, manage or terminate financial contracts or to modify all or part of the risk…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Funding bodies

Article D214-240-3

…ialised financing vehicle is not subject to any subordination provided that the payment of interest and the repayment of principal to holders of debt securities depend on the performance of the assets…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for admission to the profession.

Article R511-3-2

…uring that the credit institution or finance company targeted by the proposed acquisition has sound and prudent management and taking into account the likely influence of the proposed acquirer on the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administration of Caisse des dépôts et consignations.

Article R518-30-2

I.-For the application of Article L. 518-15-2, the Supervisory Board of Caisse des dépôts et consignations is informed of the inspections carried out by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résol…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-20-3

The persons mentioned in 2° to 2°e and 3°a of Article L. 561-2 shall take measures to determine whether the beneficiaries of life insurance or capitalisation contracts and, where applicable, their ben…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: The national financial intelligence unit

Article R561-36-2

When, pursuant to Article L. 561-29-2, TRACFIN sends a report made in accordance with Article L. 561-15 to a counterpart financial intelligence unit in a Member State, it uses a protected communicatio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Procedures and internal control

Article R561-38-2

…°c of Article L. 561-2 may entrust an external service provider with the performance, in their name and on their behalf, of all or part of the activities relating to the obligations incumbent upon the…

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