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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to portfolio management companies.

Article R532-16-1

…constitute a decision to accept the application is four months from the date of receipt of the complete application.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to portfolio management companies.

Article R532-15-1

…32-9-1, the AMF shall assess, for the purpose of ensuring that the portfolio management company targeted by the proposed acquisition has sound and prudent management and taking into account the likely…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article D522-1-1

…aximum amount of payment transactions referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 522-11-1 is set at three million euros per month. This ceiling applies to the average total amount, over the prev…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to professional customers

Article D533-11-1

Investment service providers other than portfolio management companies may, on their own initiative or at the request of a client, treat as a non-professional client, either generally or in respect of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control

Article R533-18-1

When they have a website, investment firms shall use it to present the systems implemented to ensure compliance with the requirements laid down in Article L. 533-29-3, this section and the regulatory…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to investment firms and credit institutions providing investment services

Article D533-15-1

…non-complex financial instruments are as follows:1° Shares admitted to trading on a regulated market in a Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to portfolio management companies

Article D533-16-1

…icle L. 533-22-1, is presented as follows: 1° The information is published with a distinction by asset class. The entity shall describe how this distinction has been made, according to a principle of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article R533-17-1

…llenge management decisions and to ensure the effective supervision and monitoring of those decisions. Membership of affiliated companies or entities is not considered incompatible with the requiremen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to professional customers

Article D533-12-1

…he following procedure: 1° The client shall notify the investment service provider other than an asset management company in writing of its wish to be treated as a professional client, either at any t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter X: Digital asset service providers

Article D54-10-1

1° The service of custody of digital assets on behalf of third parties consists of controlling, on behalf of a third party, the means of access to the digital assets registered in the shared electroni…

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