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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions.

Article R511-16-3

Each of the persons who effectively directs the business of the credit institution or finance company within the meaning of Article L. 511-13 and each member of the Board of Directors, the Supervisory…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions.

Article R511-16-4

…January 2014, the persons referred to in II of Article L. 511-45 shall draw up a table grouping together the information relating to their establishments by State or territory, referred to in 1° of I…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions.

Article R511-16-2

…sary knowledge, skills and experience referred to in Article L. 511-51 on banking and financial markets, legal and regulatory requirements applicable to the credit institution or finance company, its…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions.

Article R511-16-1

Credit institutions and finance companies disclose in their annual reports the return on their assets, calculated by dividing their net profit by their balance sheet total.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to portfolio management companies.

Article R532-16-1

…constitute a decision to accept the application is four months from the date of receipt of the complete application.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to portfolio management companies

Article R533-16-2

Articles R. 533-18-3 and R. 533-18-4 apply to portfolio management companies.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Scope and transitional provisions relating to the governance of investment firms

Article R533-16-4

By way of derogation from this section, class 1 bis investment firms are subject to the provisions of articles R. 511-17 to R. 511-26.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to portfolio management companies

Article R533-16-0

…in which these are applied as part of the shareholder engagement policy, in particular at general meetings of companies held under the contract; 5° An assessment of the medium- and long-term performan…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to portfolio management companies

Article D533-16-1

…icle L. 533-22-1, is presented as follows: 1° The information is published with a distinction by asset class. The entity shall describe how this distinction has been made, according to a principle of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Scope and transitional provisions relating to the governance of investment firms

Article R533-16-3

Subsections 2 and 3 of this section apply to class 2 and class 3 investment firms under the conditions defined in Article L. 533-24-2.

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