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Showing 15011510 of 61869 articles for Art. R. 512-39-1 et s.

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Obligations in the event of a low risk of money laundering or terrorist financing

Article R561-14

…he customer, service or product presents a low risk of money laundering or terrorist financing or meets the conditions provided for in Articles R. 561-15 or R. 561-16. They shall ensure throughout the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Obligations where there is a high risk of money laundering or terrorist financing

Article R561-19

…icle L. 561-10 are bearer bonds, securities and contracts and transactions relating to these products. When a bond, security or contract referred to in the first paragraph is redeemed, the institution…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Re-identification and verification of the identity of the customer and the beneficial owner

Article R561-11

…le L. 561-2 have good reason to believe that the identity of their customer and the identification details previously obtained are no longer accurate or relevant, they shall again identify the custome…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Obligations in the event of a low risk of money laundering or terrorist financing

Article R561-16

…nds, do not fall within the scope of operations involving the formation of associations bringing together members with a view to pooling their contributions and distributing the assets thus accumulate…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Beneficial owner

Article R561-1

…the French Commercial Code. If no natural person can be identified in accordance with the criteria set out in the previous paragraph, and if the person referred to in Article L. 561-2 has no suspicion…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Miscellaneous goods intermediaries

Article R551-1

…itions provided for in article L. 551-3 must contain all the information required to inform investors. In particular, it must describe the nature and purpose of the proposed transaction. It shall iden…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Constant monitoring of the business relationship

Article R561-12

…owners, in particular in application of the regulations on the exchange of information in tax matters. The persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 shall be able to justify to the supervisory authorities…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article R612-12

The supervisory board shall set up an audit committee responsible, in particular, for issuing an opinion, prior to their adoption, on draft budgets and reports on budget implementation.The internal re…

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

Article R563-1

The first decision to prohibit the transfer of funds against an online gaming or betting operator that holds neither an exclusive right nor the authorisation referred to in Article 21 of Law 2010-476…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article R612-13

Before the beginning of each financial year, and prior to the adoption of the budget by the Banque de France, the Authority draws up its budget.The budget shall include a forecast of revenue, includin…

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