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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: General provisions

Article L512-102

Bodies not falling within the scope of this section are prohibited from using any of the following names: "Caisse d'épargne et de prévoyance", "caisse d'épargne", "société locale d'épargne".

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: General provisions

Article L512-103

It is also forbidden to use any process, counterfeit booklets, prospectuses, posters or other means likely to create confusion with the savings banks and to mislead as to the nature of the transaction…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Advertising

Article L515-11

The directors of a mutual guarantee company are personally liable for any loss resulting from a breach of the articles of association or of the provisions of this section.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Central body for savings banks and banques populaires

Article L512-108

In the event that an affiliated institution or company takes decisions that do not comply with directly applicable laws, regulations or European provisions relating to banking and financial activities…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-1

A financial holding company is a financial institution within the meaning of Article L. 511-21 whose subsidiaries are exclusively or mainly institutions or financial institutions, at least one of thes…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Central body for savings banks and banques populaires

Article L512-107

The central body for savings banks and banques populaires exercises the powers set out in Articles L. 511-31 and L. 511-32 of this Code. To this end, it is responsible for1° Defining the policy and st…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Advertising

Article L515-12

The detailed rules for the application of this section shall be laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Credit and investment institutions

Article L516-1

…ons whose purpose is to provide, within the framework of an authorisation provided for in I of article L. 532-1, investment services mentioned in article L. 321-1, including at least one of those ment…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules governing the operations of sociétés de crédit foncier (building societies)

Article L513-13

Loans and exposures referred to in Article L. 513-2 and similar receivables are assigned to a société de crédit foncier simply by delivering a slip to the assignee, the details of which are set by dec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules governing the operations of sociétés de crédit foncier (building societies)

Article L513-14

When all or part of the remuneration due under a partnership contract or a contract referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 6148-5 of the Public Health Code in respect of investment costs, wh…

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