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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article R163-3

…oever for the management or administration of a credit institution or one of the institutions or services mentioned in Article L. 518-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code, with the exception of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Registration of financial securities

Article D211-9-5

…stered intermediary referred to in Article L. 211-4 (3) may, under a general securities management mandate, transmit a shareholder's vote or proxy for a meeting of an undertaking for collective invest…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for the issue of negotiable debt securities.

Article D213-3

…ative authority or, where applicable, have a guarantor that meets the conditions laid down by order and has such a rating. The following are exempt from this obligation 1° Credit institutions and inve…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for the issue of negotiable debt securities.

Article D213-6

Negotiable debt securities may be issued in euros or in any other currency. The Banque de France may suspend issues of securities denominated in a given currency for a period it determines.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General rules governing the composition of assets

Article R214-12

…o 3° of I of article R. 214-11;3° Issued or guaranteed by an institution subject to prudential supervision whose registered office is located in a Member State of the European Union or by an instituti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Rules applicable to financial contracts, temporary acquisitions and sales of financial instruments and guarantees

Article R214-15

…itutions whose registered office is in a Member State of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, investment firms whose registered office is in a Member State of the European Union…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Investment ratios

Article R214-21

…e counterparty is a credit institution mentioned in the second paragraph of II of article R. 214-19 and 5% in other cases. II. - As an exception to the 5% limit set in 1° of I, a UCITS may invest up t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Investment ratios

Article R214-29

…urrencies by means of cross-currency loans.II. - By way of derogation from I, a UCITS may borrow provided that such borrowings :1° Are used on a temporary basis and represent no more than 10% of its a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: AIF marketing and pre-marketing procedures.

Article D214-32-1

…s established in a third country, is subject to : 1° Compliance by the manager with the legislative and regulatory provisions applicable to portfolio management companies; 2° The existence of appropri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: AIF marketing and pre-marketing procedures.

Article D214-32-4-1-1

I.-Pursuant toArticle L. 214-24-2-1, a portfolio management company may undertake pre-marketing activities in France or in another Member State of the European Union except where the information prese…

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