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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Reporting obligations

Article L152-4

…egulation No 1889/2005 is punishable by a fine equal to 50% of the amount of cash to which the offence or attempted offence relates. II. - If the offence referred to in I of this article is detected b…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 14: Payment transactions where the amount is not known in advance

Article L133-43

The payer's payment service provider shall release the funds blocked on the payer's payment account referred to in Article L. 133-42 without undue delay after receiving information on the exact amount…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 16: Handling complaints

Article L133-45

Payment service providers shall establish and implement procedures for dealing with payment service users' complaints concerning compliance with the provisions of Section 5 of Chapter II of Title I of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 14: Payment transactions where the amount is not known in advance

Article L133-42

…e the payer gives his consent to the execution of the payment transaction, the payer's payment service provider may block funds on the payer's payment account only if the payer has given his consent a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article L163-4

…ment, instruments, computer programmes or any data designed or specially adapted to commit the offences referred to in 1° of Article L. 163-3.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-4

…n by the fund rules or the articles of association of the open-ended investment company, in accordance with the general regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Negotiable debt securities

Article L213-4

…issue programme. This financial documentation, drawn up in French, is filed with the Banque de France, which is responsible for ensuring that issuers comply with the issuance conditions set out in Ar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Mandatory registered shares

Article L212-4

The requirement for certain shares to be in registered form is deemed to have been met if the conditions set out in Article L. 228-2 of the French Commercial Code are met.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Foreign financial instruments

Article L211-41

All equivalent instruments or rights representing a financial investment in an entity issued on the basis of foreign law are treated in the same way as the financial securities referred to in article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-41

…n undertaking for collective investment in real estate may grant, over its assets, the guarantees necessary for the conclusion of contracts relating to its activity, in particular those relating to th…

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