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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The General Council

Article L142-3

…sentative of Banque de France employees;5° The Vice-Chairman of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.The term of office of the members of the General Council mentioned in 1° to 4° is s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Reporting obligations

Article L152-3

…ctronic money institutions, payment institutions and the bodies and services referred to in article L. 518-1 must provide the tax and customs authorities, at their request, with the date and amount of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L151-3

…rity or the interests of national defence;b) Activities relating to the research, production or marketing of weapons, munitions, powder and explosive substances.A Conseil d'Etat decree defines the nat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L211-3

…urities account held by the issuer or by one of the intermediaries mentioned in 2° to 7° of Article L. 542-1 or, in the cases provided for in Article L. 211-7, in a shared electronic registration syst…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Fundamental missions

Article L141-3

…quisition by the Banque de France of their debt securities is also prohibited. Agreements drawn up between the State and the Banque de France specify, where applicable, the terms of repayment of advan…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: Breaches of the rules on charges or discounts for the use of a given payment instrument

Article L171-3

The fines provided for in this chapter shall be imposed by the competent authority under the conditions laid down in Chapter II of Title II of Book V of the Consumer Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Pension

Article L211-31

The assignee's remuneration, in whatever form, constitutes income from a debt. For accounting purposes, it is treated as interest.When the term of the repurchase agreement covers the date of payment o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Set-off and assignment of claims

Article L211-36

…ial obligations arising from transactions in financial instruments or in units mentioned in article L. 229-7 of the Environment Code, spot foreign exchange transactions or transactions for the sale, p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Equity securities

Article L213-32

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Pension

Article L211-32

Under a repurchase agreement, the seller retains the securities sold under a repurchase agreement as an asset on its balance sheet and records the amount of its debt to the buyer as a liability on its…

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