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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Financial holding companies, parent companies of finance companies and mixed financial holding companies

Article L571-14

Failure by the directors of a financial holding company, a parent company of a finance company or a mixed financial holding company to prepare accounts in consolidated form, in accordance with article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Promotion of online investment offers

Article L572-28

…out in Articles L. 572-23, L. 572-24, L. 572-27, L. 573-1, L. 573-7, L. 573-8, L. 573-9, L. 573-12 and L. 573-15 shall be liable to one year's imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros.

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

Article L573-9

The following are punishable by the penalties laid down in Article 313-1 of the Criminal Code: 1° Any person carrying on the business of financial investment advice as defined in article L. 541-1 with…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Information on beneficial owners

Article L561-45-2

At the request of the company or entity referred to in 1° to 3° of Article L. 561-45-1, the beneficial owner shall provide it with all the information required to comply with the obligation referred t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Information on beneficial owners

Article L561-48

…omply with the injunction issued by the President, the Registrar shall notify the Public Prosecutor and send him a copy of the decision. Under the same conditions, the President may appoint an agent t…

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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 L562-2

The Minister for the Economy and the Minister for the Interior may jointly decide, for a renewable period of six months, to freeze funds and economic resources:1° Which belong to, are owned, held or c…

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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 L564-2

…rticle I of Article 1649 AC of the General Tax Code,Article L. 102 AG of the Book of Tax Procedures and Article L. 564-1 of this Code shall set up an internal control system specifically responsible f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Payment service providers

Article L572-6

…with any of the prohibitions set out in article L. 521-4 is punishable by three years' imprisonment and a fine of €375,000.The court may also order the posting or broadcasting of the decision handed d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Payment service providers

Article L572-7

…L. 522-19 to observe professional secrecy is punishable by the penalties set out in articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the French Criminal Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Electronic money issuers

Article L572-17

Failure by the persons referred to in article L. 526-35 of this Code to observe professional secrecy is punishable by the penalties set out in article 226-13 of the French Criminal Code.

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