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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Reporting obligations

Article L152-1-1

Where cash, within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash entering or leaving the Union and repealing Regulation…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Reporting obligations

Article L152-6

…d. Where the taxpayer proves that the Treasury has not suffered any loss, the fine is reduced to 5% and capped at 750 euros in the event of a first offence. The offence is established and the fine rec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article L163-10

…00 euros shall be imposed on the drawee who: 1. Indicate a provision that is less than the existing and available provision; 2. Rejecting a cheque on the grounds of insufficient or unavailable funds w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article L163-11

…131-85 for purposes other than those pursued by articles L. 131-1 to L. 131-87 relating to cheques and by articles L. 133-1 to L. 133-28 when they apply to payment cards; 2. To centralise, on behalf…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: Breaches of the rules on charges or discounts for the use of a given payment instrument

Article L171-3

The fines provided for in this chapter shall be imposed by the competent authority under the conditions laid down in Chapter II of Title II of Book V of the Consumer Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Protection of the account holder

Article L211-9

The custodian-account keeper safeguards the rights of account holders to the financial securities held in the account. It may only use these securities for its own account under the conditions set out…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Protection of the account holder

Article L211-11

Accounts opened with a central depository may not be seized, even as a precautionary measure. No compulsory execution or protective measures may be taken against an intermediary referred to in Article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Collective investments

Article L214-1-1

Any investment fund established under foreign law other than a closed-end fund, other than a UCITS or an FIA, requires authorisation from the Autorité des marchés financiers before it can market its u…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-4

UCITS take the form of either open-ended investment companies known as "SICAVs" or unit trusts.UCITS may comprise different classes of units or shares under conditions laid down by the fund rules or t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-7-3

…cle L. 227-1, articles L. 227-13 to L. 227-16, L. 227-18, L. 228-23, L. 231-1 to L. 231-8, L. 233-8 and L. 441-14 of the French Commercial Code do not apply to SICAVs. SICAVs may not include inalienab…

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