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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Professional secrecy

Article L511-34

…of a financial group or a group comprising at least one finance company or, for the application of 2° of this article, a group within the meaning of article L. 356-1 of the Insurance Code, a group wi…

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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 L511-21

…rance group companies and mixed insurance group companies respectively within the meaning of 1° and 2° of Article L. 322-1-2 of the French Insurance Code.4 bis. The word "branch" refers to a place of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-10

…y assets, calculated over a period of twelve consecutive months, reach or exceed 30 billion euros ; 2° The average total monthly assets, calculated over a period of twelve consecutive months, are less…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-1-C

…he internal systems they implement for the purposes of assessing these risks are not satisfactory ; 2° Require a small and non-complex credit institution within the meaning of Article 4(1)(145) of Reg…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Professional secrecy

Article L511-33

…ctions carried out, directly or indirectly, by one or more credit institutions or finance companies;2° Transactions in financial instruments, guarantees or insurance intended to cover a credit risk;3°…

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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 L511-24

…er and the regulatory provisions adopted for their application: 1° In section 1, article L. 511-4 ; 2° Within Section 2, I of Article L. 511-8-1 and Article L. 511-8-2; 3° Subsection 2 of Section 3, w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Statutory auditors

Article L511-39

…of Article L. 511-13, as well as any agreement in which one of these persons is indirectly involved;2° Any agreement between the credit institution to which the branch belongs and a company of which o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-15-1

…e company has obtained authorisation by making false declarations or by any other irregular means ; 2° The company no longer meets the prudential requirements set out in Part Three, Part Four or Part…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Central depositories

Article L441-1

…36/2012, are: 1° Central securities depositories authorised by the Autorité des marchés financiers; 2° Central securities depositories authorised to provide in France, through a branch, the services r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial reporting requirements

Article L451-1-2

…d to trading on a regulated market of a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area ;2° Issuers whose registered office is outside France and whose securities referred to in 1° are admi…

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