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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to UCITS, debt securitisation funds and property investment funds

Article L231-7-1

…fessional undertaking for collective investment in real estate is liable to two years' imprisonment and a fine of 750,000 euros if he or she invests in units or shares of this undertaking without it h…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Relations between credit institutions and their customers

Article L312-1-7

…shall make documentation relating to banking mobility available to their customers, free of charge and unconditionally, on paper or on another durable medium, at their premises and in electronic form…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Guarantee commitments

Article L313-22-1

…dorsement or guarantee, whether of legal, regulatory or contractual origin, have recourse ipso jure and in all cases against the customer who gave the undertaking, his co-obligors and the persons who…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Usury rates

Article L313-5-1

…thority after consulting the Comité Consultatif du Secteur Financier.The conditions for calculating and publicising the average effective rates mentioned in the first paragraph are set by decree.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Guarantees for loans to sole traders

Article L313-21-1

…pment of jobs within the framework of an agreement signed with the State in application of articles L. 1233-84 to L. 1233-89 of the Labour Code as well as companies approved by the Minister for the Ec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Deposit guarantee mechanism and resolution funding mechanism

Article L312-6-1

…akes a decision pursuant to Article 19(3) of Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2014 on the compatibility of recourse to the Single Resolution Fund wi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Dormant accounts

Article L312-21-1

…electronic means, at least once a year, to the group referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 161-17-1 of the Social Security Code the information required to implement the provisions of Arti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Deposit guarantee mechanism and resolution funding mechanism

Article L312-4-1

I. - Credit institutions authorised in France adhere to the deposit guarantee and resolution fund under the deposit guarantee mechanism.The deposit guarantee covers, up to a maximum limit, funds held…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Operating credit

Article L313-12-2

Every quarter, the Banque de France publishes a document based on the volume of outstanding loans and new loans granted by credit institutions or finance companies to businesses, showing the share and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assignment and pledging of trade receivables

Article L313-29-1

…ration 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, which include in particular stud…

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