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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Guarantee of financial obligations

Article L211-38-1

…he beneficiary other than the provider of the financial collateral referred to in Article L. 211-38 and provided as initial margin pursuant to Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Preference shares

Article L212-5

The rules governing the creation of preference shares are set out in Articles L. 228-11 to L. 228-20 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out

Article L212-6-4

…valuation of the securities is carried out using the same objective methods as for asset disposals and takes into account, with an appropriate weighting in each case, the value of the assets, the pro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.

Article L213-15

The issue of bonds by an association entails the application of articles L. 612-1 and L. 612-3 of the French Commercial Code, regardless of the number of its employees, the amount of its turnover or r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.

Article L213-16

…n the amount of the issue, the extent of its distribution, the subscription price of the securities and their remuneration or the methods of determining these elements. It may delegate to the director…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Equity securities

Article L213-32

…L. 422-2 of the said code, mutual or cooperative banks and State-owned industrial and commercial public establishments may issue redeemable shares under th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-6

Creditors whose title arises from the safekeeping or management of the assets of a UCITS may take action only against those assets. Creditors of the depositary or third party to whom custody of the as…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-10-1

…ccordance with Article 315 or Article 317 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013. In order to carry out the activity of UCITS custodian, the entit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Adjudication

Article L211-21

…ent services providers which are members of the regulated market on which the securities are traded and, if not, by an investment services provider or a notary.Even in the event of provisions to the c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Pension

Article L211-32

…he seller retains the securities sold under a repurchase agreement as an asset on its balance sheet and records the amount of its debt to the buyer as a liability on its balance sheet; these securitie…

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