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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of directors and shareholders of market undertakings

Article L421-9

…n to exercise, directly or indirectly, a significant influence on the management of a regulated market must possess qualities that guarantee the sound and prudent management of that market. Any person…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Regime for members of a regulated market

Article L421-20

…e orders on behalf of third parties or to deal on own account may become members of a regulated market referred to in Article L. 421-1: a) Directly, by establishing a branch in mainland France, the Fr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition; approval or authorisation of the system manager

Article L424-1

…der which multiple third-party buying and selling interests in financial instruments are brought together under non-discretionary rules in order to conclude transactions in those instruments. It opera…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Transactions in precious metals and foreign banknotes

Article L353-6

…posed by articles L. 342-1 to L. 342-3 in respect of transactions in precious materials and banknotes. The materials referred to in articles L. 342-1 to L. 342-3 must be seized and confiscated.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisational requirements

Article L420-7

…ta relating to the order book or provide access to the order book so that it can monitor transactions.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Position limits

Article L420-11

I.-The AMF establishes and applies limits on the size of a net position that a person may hold at any time: 1° In agricultural commodity derivatives within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating conditions

Article L424-3

…No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on improving securities settlement in the European Union and on central securities depositories, the Autorité des marchés fin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Distance supply of consumer financial services

Article L343-2

Where the remote provision of financial services to a consumer is preceded by canvassing within the meaning of article L. 341-1, article L. 341-12 applies in place of article L. 222-5 of the Consumer…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Definitions and scope of application

Article L411-4

For the purposes of the provisions of the Criminal Code and Order no. 45-2138 of 19 September 1945 establishing the Ordre des Experts Comptables and regulating the title and profession of Chartered Ac…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Monitoring compliance with trading platform rules and other obligations

Article L420-9

…ing cancellations, and transactions carried out by members on the trading platform, with a view to detecting any failure to comply with these rules, any trading conditions likely to disrupt orderly tr…

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