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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for initiating resolution proceedings

Article L613-49-3

…d by the implementation of resolution measures, the Chairman of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, at the request of the collège de résolution, may ask any court to stay proceedings…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Provisions relating to the adoption and implementation of a measure to reduce and convert own funds instruments

Article L613-48-3

…duction in the nominal value or conversion of the own funds instruments referred to in I of Article L. 613-48 or, where applicable, of eligible commitments referred to in VII of the same article shall…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 6: Housing Solidarity Fund (R)

Article R1614-40-3

…is drawn up for the departmental fund and for each local fund, then aggregated at departmental level.The statistical information provided by the departmental council covers the financial contribution…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Non-voting preference shares.

Article L228-35-4

…is exercised in priority to the payment of the priority dividend due in respect of the financial year. The priority dividend may not be less than either the first dividend referred to in Article L. 23…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-41

…tment fund ensures that its overall risk relating to financial contracts does not exceed the total net value of its portfolio.The overall risk is calculated taking into account the current value of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-42

A general-purpose investment fund governed by this paragraph may invest :1° Up to all of its assets in :a) Units or shares of French or foreign UCITS ;b) Units or shares of general-purpose investment…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-40

…ded that such borrowings :1° Are used on a temporary basis and represent a maximum of 10% of its assets ;2° are used to acquire property necessary for the direct pursuit of its activities and, in the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common law provisions.

Article R312-4-3

I. - A. - For the purposes of Article L. 312-1-3, the financial fragility of the account holder is assessed by the account-keeping institution on the basis of : 1° The existence of irregularities in t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval.

Article R511-3-4

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall send the European Central Bank a proposed decision to oppose the proposed acquisition only if there are reasonable grounds for doing so on th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Internal control

Article R561-38-4

…d providers of participative financing services in respect of their activities mentioned in Article L. 547-4, and 6°a of Article L. 561-2, the system defined in Article R. 561-38-3 shall include at le…

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