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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L511-25

In order to supervise an institution benefiting from the regime provided for in Article L. 511-24 and notwithstanding the provisions of Article 1a of Law no. 68-678 of 26 July 1968, the competent auth…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L511-84

By way of derogation fromarticle L. 1331-2 of the French Labour Code, the total amount of variable remuneration may, in whole or in part, be reduced or give rise to restitution where the person concer…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-47

…s;c) Hedging the risks of the credit institution or the group, within the meaning of III of Article L. 511-20, with the exception of the subsidiary mentioned in this article;d) Market making. The Mini…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article R511-17

I. - The rules limiting the number of directorships provided for in II to IV of article L. 511-52 apply within a credit institution or finance company that meets one of the following conditions:1° The…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L511-89

…ittee and a remuneration committee. The branches of credit institutions referred to in I of article L. 511-10, where they are of significant importance, are required to provide evidence of the existen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Company accounts and accounting documents

Article L511-37

…itutions, finance companies, investment firms and members of clearing houses referred to in Article L. 440-2 .3 must publish their annual financial statements in accordance with the conditions set by…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-9

Credit institutions are authorised as banks, mutual or cooperative banks, specialised credit institutions, credit and investment institutions or municipal credit funds.Banks may carry out all banking…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-20

…A parent undertaking is an undertaking which has exclusive control, within the meaning of article L. 233-16 of the Commercial Code, over one or more other undertakings or which exercises a dominant…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article L511-54

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall specify the conditions of application of this sub-section.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Forms

Article L511-52

Protests in the absence of acceptance or payment shall be made by a notary or by a bailiff. The protest must be made by one and the same act: 1° At the domicile of the person on whom the bill of excha…

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