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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Algorithmic trading activities applicable to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-10-6

…making strategy must comply with the following conditions, taking into account the liquidity, size and nature of the market and the characteristics of the financial instrument concerned: 1° They carr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-12-3

…non-monetary benefits that are likely to improve the quality of the service provided to a customer and whose size and nature are such that they cannot be considered to interfere with the service prov…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-20

…cles L. 533-11 to L. 533-14, with the exception of III bis of article L. 533-12, articles L. 533-15 and L. 533-18 to L. 533-18-2, I of article L. 533-19, and articles L. 533-24 and L. 533-24-1 with re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Provisions common to investment services providers relating to investor guarantees

Article L533-23

The investment services providers and persons mentioned in article L. 421-17 are required to inform investors, before entering into business relations with them, of the existence of a compensation sch…

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

Article L533-30-13

…ive rise to restitution where the financial results of the investment firm are mediocre or negative and in particular where the person concerned has disregarded the rules laid down by the investment f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Single registration

Article L546-4

…of this chapter, with the exception of article L. 546-3, are punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €6,000 or one of these two penalties only. Any person who disregards one of the prohib…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Specialist committees

Article L533-31-1

…he risk committee set up pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 533-31 have the knowledge, skills and expertise to enable them to understand, manage and monitor the investment firm's risk strategy a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for taking up the activity of financial investment adviser

Article L541-2

…o manage or administer legal persons authorised as financial investment advisers, must meet the age and good repute requirements set by decree, as well as the professional competence requirements set…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct

Article L541-9

…1-4 must comply with the rules of conduct referred to in Article L. 541-8-1, which they may specify and supplement.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: Tied agents

Article L545-1

…ces of tied agents, within the meaning of 29(1) of Article 4 of Directive 2014/65/EU of 15 May 2014 and who may be natural or legal persons, to provide the following investment services, for which it…

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