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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-20-4

…itiative or at the request of the investigating magistrate (juge d'instruction), where appropriate: 1° To the Secretary General of the Autorité des marchés financiers, before sanction proceedings are…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-20-3

…ial instrument could jeopardise the proper functioning of that market. This article applies to AIFs 1° Relevant to II of Article L. 214-24, excluding those mentioned in its last paragraph, and excludi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-20-9

The Autorité des marchés financiers is the competent authority within the meaning of Article 29(4) and (5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 201…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-20-5

…s marchés financiers is the competent authority within the meaning of Article 40 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on indices used as benchmarks…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-20-8

The Autorité des marchés financiers is the competent authority within the meaning of Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on cr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-20-6

The AMF shall ensure that the financial institutions referred to in 2° of I of Article L. 561-36 comply with Article L. 564-2.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-20-7

The Autorité des marchés financiers is the competent authority, within the meaning of Article 67(1) of Directive 2014/65/ EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions concerning monitoring, controls and investigations

Article L632-6-2

…provide the competent authorities of other Member States with the information necessary to monitor and respond to the potential consequences of the activities of management companies providing portfo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information on national territory.

Article L631-2-3

I. - The persons referred to in 5° of Article L. 631-2 must inform the Chairman of the Financial Stability Board:1° The interests they held during the two years preceding their appointment, that they…

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

Article D211-9-2

The declaration referred to in article L. 211-4 is made to the undertaking for collective investment, to an intermediary referred to in article L. 211-3 or to a central depository when the registered…

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