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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to financial investment advisers

Article L573-11

Legal entities declared to be criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in article L. 573-9 shall incur, in addition to the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to equity financing intermediaries

Article L573-16

…573-15 are also liable to the following additional penalties: 1° Disqualification from civic, civil and family rights, in accordance with the provisions of article 131-26 of the Criminal Code ; 2° Dis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Obligations relating to the identification of customers, accounts and persons as part of the fight against tax evasion and fraud

Article L564-1

Notwithstanding article L. 312-1, when a financial institution subject to I of article 1649 AC of the General Tax Code is unable to identify, under the conditions set out in II of the same article 164…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Municipal credit unions

Article L571-12

…r runs a pawnshop or pledge house without legal authorisation is liable to six months' imprisonment and a fine of €9,000. The same penalties shall apply if a person with authorisation fails to keep a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to financial investment advisers

Article L573-10

…573-9 are also liable to the following additional penalties: 1° Disqualification from civic, civil and family rights, in accordance with the provisions of article 131-26 of the French Criminal Code ;…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The National Enforcement Committee

Article L561-38

…ister for the Economy or the Minister for the Budget for the persons mentioned in 10°, 11°, 11° bis and 14° of Article L. 561-2;5° By a sports federation for the persons mentioned in 16° of Article L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The National Enforcement Committee

Article L561-44

The conditions for the application of this sub-section, in particular the conditions for challenging the members of the National Enforcement Committee, are defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L562-3

…ister responsible for the economy may decide, for a renewable period of six months, to freeze funds and economic resources:1° Belonging to, owned, held or controlled by natural or legal persons, or an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L562-14

…application of article L. 312-1 to open an account for a person subject to a measure freezing funds and economic resources, it shall seek prior authorisation from the Minister for the Economy before o…

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

Article L563-3

…hibition measures taken pursuant to this chapter apply to any person who is a co-owner of the funds and to any person who holds a joint account where the other account holder is an owner, bare owner o…

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