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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations relating to the fight against prohibited lotteries, games and betting

Article L563-3

…unt holder is an owner, bare owner or usufructuary as referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 565-2.These measures may be invoked against any creditor or any third party who may claim rights…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L571-3

Any person who disregards one of the prohibitions set out in articles L. 511-5 and L. 511-8 is liable to three years' imprisonment and a fine of 375,000 euros. The court may order the posting or broad…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The National Enforcement Committee

Article L561-37

…purposes by the persons mentioned in 8°, 9°, 9° bis, 10°, 11°, 11° bis, 14°, 15° and 16° of Article L. 561-2 may give rise to the penalties provided for in Article L. 561-40.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L574-3

…ovided for in Article 459 (1) of the Customs Code shall apply to the persons referred to in Article L. 562-4, their managers or agents and, in the case of persons subject to a freezing or prohibition…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Manual changers

Article L572-3

The provisions of article L. 571-2 are applicable to proceedings relating to offences under articles L. 572-1 and L. 572-2.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The National Enforcement Committee

Article L561-39

I. - The National Enforcement Committee is made up of a member of the Conseil d'Etat as chairman, appointed by the vice-chairman of the Conseil d'Etat, a member of the Cour de cassation, appointed by…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-33

…whose breach entails a breach of the aforementioned provisions, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall take the necessary precautionary measures. To this end, it may: 1° Place the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regulations

Article L611-3

…ing the opinion of the Autorité des marchés financiers and the Comité consultatif de la législation et de la réglementation financières, and subject to the powers exercised by the Autorité des marchés…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-32

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may require any person subject to its supervision to submit for its approval, within twelve months for Class 2 and Class 3 investment firms, a reco…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-31

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may give formal notice to any person subject to its supervision to take, within a specified period, any measures intended to bring it into complian…

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