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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article R511-16

I. - The threshold mentioned in the first paragraph of I of Article L. 511-47 is set on the basis of the book value of assets corresponding to trading activities in financial instruments at 7.5% of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General 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 8: Governance of credit institutions and finance companies

Article R511-17-1

Where they have a website, credit institutions and finance companies shall use it to present the systems implemented to ensure compliance with the requirements laid down in Article L. 511-45, in this…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Mutual and cooperative banks.

Article R512-1

…ears exceeds fifty; the average number of employees during the financial year is equal to the arithmetical average of the number of employees at the end of each quarter of the calendar year, or of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Book III: Services

Article D330-4

…Minister responsible for the economy. It must be accompanied by documents proving that the system meets the conditions of articles L. 330-1 and L. 330-2. The documents that must be provided by the sys…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title I: Public offerings

Article D411-4

The threshold mentioned in 1° of article L. 411-2 is 150.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title V: Investor protection

Article D452-3

Approval is granted by the prefect of the département in which the association has its registered office, after consulting the public prosecutor and the Autorité des marchés financiers. It is publishe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Accounting provisions.

Article R511-6

…required to close their financial year on 31 December. However, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may authorise them to derogate from this rule for the financial year during which t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Governance of credit institutions and finance companies

Article R511-24

…lso be taken in consideration of the failure to comply with the requirements of good repute and competence applicable to the person in question.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: French regulated markets.

Article R421-1

…with the provisions of the third paragraph of Article L. 421-3, it shall immediately inform the market undertaking and shall then have a period of three months in which to make known its decision to c…

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