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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control

Article R533-18-1

…plemented to ensure compliance with the requirements laid down in Article L. 533-29-3, this section and the regulatory provisions adopted for their application.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to investment firms and credit institutions providing investment services

Article D533-15-1

…a third country or on a multilateral trading facility, if they are company shares, excluding units and shares in non-UCITS collective investment schemes and shares incorporating a derivative instrume…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to portfolio management companies

Article D533-16-1

I.-This article applies to entities subject to Article L. 533-22-1. For the credit institutions and investment firms mentioned in Article L. 511-4-3, this article applies to portfolio management activ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article R533-17-1

…sons who effectively directs the business of the undertaking within the meaning of Article L. 532-2 and each member of the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Board, the Management Board or any other…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to professional customers

Article D533-12-1

…services other than a portfolio management company must clearly specify in writing the protections and rights to compensation that the client may be deprived of; 3° The client declares in writing, in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter X: Digital asset service providers

Article D54-10-1

…rty, the means of access to the digital assets registered in the shared electronic recording device and keeping a register of positions, opened in the name of the third party, corresponding to its rig…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Identification and verification of the identity of occasional customers

Article D561-10-1

The threshold provided for in 11° of Article L. 561-2 is set at 10,000 euros per transaction or related transactions.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Constant monitoring of the business relationship

Article R561-12-1

…ith the customer's professional activities, the risk profile presented by the business relationship and, if necessary, depending on the risk assessment, the origin and destination of the funds involve…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Obligations in the event of a low risk of money laundering or terrorist financing

Article R561-14-1

…s pursuant to 1° of Article L. 561-9, the persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 : 1° Shall identify and verify the identity of their customer in accor dance with the procedures set out in Articles R.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Obligations in the event of a low risk of money laundering or terrorist financing

Article R561-16-1

…n Article L. 561-9-1 are not subject to the due diligence requirements set out in Articles L. 561-5 and L. 561-5-1 if the following conditions are met: 1° Electronic money is issued for the sole purpo…

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