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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations.

Article L231-1

Breaches of these obligations are provided for and punished under the conditions set out in Article L. 245-9 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to non-trading property investment companies

Article L231-11

The directors of the management company of a non-trading property investment company are liable to five years' imprisonment and a fine of 375,000 euros if they: 1. Distribute fictitious dividends amon…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to non-trading property investment companies

Article L231-14

Any person shall be liable to two years' imprisonment and a fine of €9,000 if he or she: 1. Preventing a shareholder from attending a meeting ; 2. Participating in a vote at a meeting by falsely repre…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Provisions relating to the provision or delivery of information or documents on any durable medium other than paper

Article L311-12

The provisions of this section do not apply to door-to-door selling and the distance provision of financial services governed by Chapters I and III of Title IV of Book III of this Code and to distance…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to non-trading property investment companies

Article L231-12

The directors of a management company are liable to a fine of €30,000 if they : 1° Failing to comply with Article L. 214-101 ; 2° Failing to submit the documents provided for in the first two paragrap…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to non-trading property investment companies

Article L231-19

It is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 18,000 euros for the directors of the management company or any person in the company's employ to obstruct the statutory auditors' verificati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1

Article L223-1

Bons de caisse are non-negotiable registered securities with an undertaking by a trader to pay on a specific date, issued in return for a loan. The conditions under which they are issued and offered f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Implementation

Article L224-13

Subject to the specific provisions of this chapter, the provisions relating to the company savings plan mentioned in Chapter II of Title III of Book III of Part Three of the Labour Code are applicable…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section unique : Bons de caisse

Article L232-1

It is punishable by the penalties laid down in articles 313-1, 313-7 and 313-8 of the French Criminal Code for an issuer to make available annual financial statements that are inaccurate and falsely a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Provisions relating to the provision or delivery of information or documents on any durable medium other than paper

Article L311-11

The professional guarantees that information and documents will be accessible for a period appropriate to their purpose. For pre-contractual and contractual documents, this period may not be less than…

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