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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The General Council.

Article R142-4

…or, the Deputy Governors, the Vice-Chairman of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and the General Councillor representing staff, shall receive an allowance for each meeting of the Ge…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial securities.

Article R211-4

…ed electronic record-keeping device pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2022/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022 on a pilot scheme for market infrastructures based on distributed…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title VI: Criminal provisions

Article R162-4

…person who has received counterfeit or falsified coins or banknotes that are legal tender in France and refuses to hand them over or have them handed over to the Banque de France or the public institu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rules applicable to other payment instruments

Article D133-4

…er authentication.Additional financial compensation may be agreed between payment service providers and intermediaries.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Budgetary and financial provisions

Article R144-4

…ocation of the balance of net profit to any extraordinary or special reserves, to retained earnings and to the dividend paid to the State. This proposal is submitted to the Minister for Economic Affai…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article R151-4

When an entity governed by French law submits a request to the Minister for an opinion as to whether all or part of the activity of this entity falls within the scope of I of Article L. 151-3, the Min…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article R131-49

Where the account holder is subject to compulsory registration in the Trade and Companies Register or the National Register of Companies as a business in the trades and crafts sector and the amount of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: UCITS.

Article R214-4

…lders of an open-ended investment company (société d'investissement à capital variable) is convened and the shareholders are informed of the proposed merger or demerger in accordance with the same pro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Capital securities.

Article R212-4

The rules governing securities giving access to the capital are set out in Articles R. 228-87 to 95 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-47

…or is made up of the subscription or acquisition price of the securities or rights in the portfolio and the book value of the other assets. The denominator is made up of the paid-up amount of subscrip…

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