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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article L547-4

Participatory finance service providers may also provide, under the conditions set out in Article L. 547-5, services identical to those mentioned in point ii) of a) of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of Regu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for taking up the activity of financial investment adviser

Article L541-4

…tions. It shall assess the quality of this programme of operations in the light of the obligations set out in Articles L. 541-2, L. 541-3 and L. 541-8, as well as the conditions under which the financ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other conditions of access and practice

Article L548-4

Natural persons who direct or manage an intermediary in participative financing must meet the conditions of good repute and professional competence laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Token issuers

Article L552-4

…e a document providing all relevant information to the public on the proposed offer and on the issuer. This information document may be drawn up in a language customary in the sphere of finance other…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-4

…llary financial activity which falls within one of the categories mentioned in 1° to 7°c of Article L. 561-2 and which presents little risk of money laundering or terrorist financing shall be exempt f…

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

Article L561-44

…allenging the members of the National Enforcement Committee, are defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to investment service providers

Article L573-4

…t the appointment of the firm's or company's statutory auditors or to convene them to the general meeting is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros.It is a criminal offence f…

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

Article L561-42

The chairman of the National Sanction Commission appoints a rapporteur. The rapporteur may not receive any instructions. The Commission shall reach its decision by reasoned decision, without the prese…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L562-4

…d to apply without delay the freezing measures and prohibitions on making available or using the assets provided for in this chapter and in Articles L. 712-4 and L. 712-10 and to immediately inform th…

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

Article L561-40

…penalties, a fine of up to five million euros or, where the benefit derived from the breach can be determined, twice that amount. The sums are recovered by the Treasury. In the event that a person ref…

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