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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Rules of good conduct

Article L341-16

…d party was informed of the amount due, in accordance with 5° of article L. 341-12. However, he may not demand this payment if he has begun to execute the contract before expiry of the withdrawal peri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Admission to trading

Article L421-16

…the AMF Chairman or his designated representative may suspend all or part of trading for a period not exceeding two consecutive trading days. After this period, the suspension is ordered by the Mini…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reporting of positions

Article L420-16

…heir clients, on the trading platform. The information requirements mentioned in 1° and 2° above do not apply when they concern a derivative on commodities or climatic variables, freight rates, inflat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-16

…into or undertaken to enter into prior to the decision to withdraw authorisation may be completed. Notwithstanding the provisions of 4° and 5° of article 1844-7 of the French Civil Code, the early di…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules governing the operations of sociétés de crédit foncier (building societies)

Article L513-16

The credit institution or finance company responsible for managing the loans, exposures, similar receivables, securities and deposits is authorised to take legal action, both as plaintiff and defendan…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Appropriation of profits of Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article L518-16

…decree after consultation with the institution's supervisory board. The amount of this payment may not be such as to call into question the solvency of Caisse des dépôts et consignations or its compl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Membership and operation of professional associations of banking and payment services intermediaries

Article L519-16

Bank and payment services intermediaries shall inform the association of which they are members of any change in the information concerning them and of any fact that may affect their membership of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-16

…ôle prudentiel et de résolution has determined that the conditions set out in Article L. 517-13 are not fulfilled or have ceased to be fulfilled in order to ensure or restore, depending on the situati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L526-16

…linary sanctions provided for in Article L. 612-39, including deregistration;2° The institution may not issue electronic money;3° It may only refer to its status as an electronic money institution by…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prudential provisions

Article L522-16

…all inform the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.Important operational functions may not be outsourced in such a way as to seriously undermine the quality of the payment institution's i…

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