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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prudential provisions

Article L526-30

…tions are required to comply with article L. 522-7-1 when they provide the services mentioned in 7° and 8° of II of article L. 314-1.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Payment service providers

Article L521-10

…without undue delay of any major security incident. The Banque de France shall assess the incident and, if necessary, take appropriate measures. If it considers it necessary, it shall inform the Auto…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation of payment institutions

Article L522-7

At the time of authorisation, payment institutions must have paid-up capital in an amount at least equal to the sum laid down by regulation, depending on whether: a) The payment institution provides o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General information

Article L525-6-1

…ation from article L. 525-3, a provider of electronic communications networks or services may issue and manage electronic money, in addition to electronic communications services, for a subscriber to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Distribution of electronic money

Article L525-9

…ng to outsourcing. II. - Where an electronic money institution having its registered office in mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion Island, Mayotte or Saint-Martin wishes to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L526-8

…prudentiel et de résolution shall ensure that, taking into account the need to guarantee the sound and prudent management of the electronic money institution, it has adequate governance and internal…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L526-10

…prudentiel et de résolution shall verify that the person responsible for the activities of issuing and managing electronic money fulfils the conditions referred to in a of II of Article L. 526-8. The…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prudential provisions

Article L526-29

…n to electronic money institutions to ensure the existence of sufficient own funds for the issuance and management of electronic money, in particular where activities other than the issuance and manag…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prudential provisions

Article L522-16

…d in such a way as to seriously undermine the quality of the payment institution's internal control and to prevent the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution from monitoring the institution'…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional secrecy, accounting and statutory auditing

Article L522-20

…nting information relating to the payment services activities referred to in II of Article L. 314-1 and the related activities referred to in Article L. 522-2, in accordance with the rules defined by…

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