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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R121-8

The Board of Directors comprises fifteen members:1° Five representatives of the State ;2° Five persons chosen for their expertise in fields related to the activity of the public establishment or the m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Penalties and suspicious transaction reports

Article L785-8

…II and 3° of its III bis Order no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 621-16 and L. 621-16-1 Law 2016-819 of 21 June 2016 L. 621-17 Ordinance no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 621-17-1-1 Law no. 2016…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Verification procedures with the Banque de France.

Article R131-8

The Banque de France's reply is sent without delay to the person consulting the file. In the case of a proxy, the proxy shall inform the principal without delay. When the Banque de France finds that a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Access to payment accounts

Article D133-8

The audit report provided for in Article 3 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2018/389 of 27 November 2017 shall be communicated annually to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolutio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Registration of financial securities

Article R211-8

Where a central depository is affiliated to a foreign body of the same type, it has the option, on the one hand, of providing that registered entries of foreign financial securities are made in the na…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Election and remuneration of the employee representative.

Article R142-8

Staff members who are temporarily or permanently deprived of their civil and, where applicable, political rights, as well as those who, on polling day, are suspended from their duties for any reason w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Examination of an application for authorisation

Article R151-8

I.-The conditions mentioned in II of article L. 151-3 are primarily intended, in accordance with the principle of proportionality, to : 1° Ensure the continuity and security, on national territory, of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Transfers of sums, securities or assets.

Article D152-8

I.-For the purposes of II of article L. 152-1-2, the documents accepted to prove the origin of cash in an amount equal to or greater than 50,000 euros are as follows: 1° A bank document certifying tha…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Stock options.

Article R212-8

The rules governing stock options are set out in Articles R. 225-137 to R. 225-145 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Rules applicable to certain issuers.

Article D213-8

To be authorised to issue negotiable debt securities, the undertakings referred to in Article L. 213-3-2 must belong to one of the following categories:1° Companies in the form of joint stock companie…

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