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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L763-13

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L762-13

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable ar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Investor protection associations

Article L452-3

…ing the rights of a civil party under the Code of Criminal Procedure. However, service of documents and notifications concerning the investor shall be addressed to the association.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Investor protection associations

Article L452-2

…as investors, have suffered individual losses which have been caused by the act of the same person and which have a common origin, any association mentioned in article L. 452-1 may, if it has been ma…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Investor protection associations

Article L452-1

Associations that have been duly registered and have as their express statutory object the defence of investors in financial securities or financial products may take legal action before any court, ev…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Investor protection associations

Article L452-4

An association taking legal action under articles L. 452-2 and L. 452-3 may bring a civil action before the examining magistrate or the court in the place where the defendant has its registered office…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title V: Investor protection

Article D452-7

…Associations shall draw up annual accounts. These annual accounts include a balance sheet, a profit and loss account and notes to the accounts in accordance with the accounting principles and methods…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title V: Investor protection

Article D452-5

Applications for approval and renewal are sent to the departmental directorate for competition, consumer affairs and fraud control in whose area of jurisdiction the association has its registered offi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title V: Investor protection

Article D452-8

Approval may be withdrawn, after consultation with the public prosecutor and the Autorité des marchés financiers, if the association no longer meets one of the conditions for approval. The association…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title V: Investor protection

Article D452-1

…e date of the application, the association must also have at least 200 individually paid-up members and have been effectively and publicly active in defending the interests of investors in securities…

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