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Showing 56015610 of 34625 articles for Art. 202 ter · CAA Paris 3 October 2019

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Payment service providers

Article L521-3

…tion has a period set by regulation following receipt of the declaration to notify the declarant, after receiving the opinion of the Banque de France pursuant to the fourth paragraph of I of Article L…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Agents

Article L523-3

…l times with the legal and regulatory provisions applicable to them and shall subject them to its internal control system provided for in Article L. 522-14, including its system for combating money la…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions

Article L526-3

…ticular the maintenance of the reputation of the electronic money institution, the primacy of the interests of customers and competition in the market in question.The terms and conditions under which…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General information

Article L525-3

…rticles L. 525-1 and L. 525-2 to issue and manage electronic money within the meaning of article L. 315-1 on a regular professional basis.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Money changers

Article L524-3

…résolution, which shall verify that the undertaking meets the following requirements:a) It is registered in the Trade and Companies Register ;b) It has paid-up capital or a guarantee from a credit in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional secrecy, accounting and statutory auditing

Article L526-38

…annual accounts in accordance with the conditions laid down by the Autorité des normes comptables after obtaining the opinion of the Comité consultatif de la législation et de la réglementation financ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional secrecy, accounting and statutory auditing

Article L526-36

Article L. 232-1 of the French Commercial Code is applicable to electronic money institutions under conditions set by the Autorité des normes comptables (French accounting standards authority), after…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional secrecy, accounting and statutory auditing

Article L526-37

…regulation of the Autorité des normes comptables (French Accounting Standards Authority), issued after obtaining the opinion of the Comité consultatif de la législation et de la réglementation financ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional secrecy, accounting and statutory auditing

Article L526-39

Electronic money institutions are bound by the obligations of articles L. 511-38 and L. 511-39.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions and procedures for authorisation of investment service providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L532-3

…more investment services by a credit institution may be granted to legal entities having their registered office in France or to branches established in France of credit institutions having their regi…

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