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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L526-11

Within a period set by regulation from receipt of the application or, if the application is incomplete, within the same period from receipt of all the information necessary for the decision, the Autor…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L526-13

…ectronic money institution is subject to prior authorisation by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.Without prejudice to the penalties that may be imposed by the Autorité de contrôle…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation of payment institutions

Article L522-7-1

…ulent use of such data. III. - An order of the Minister for the Economy specifies the criteria for determining the minimum amount of professional indemnity insurance or another comparable guarantee me…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation of payment institutions

Article L522-10

The payment institution must comply with the conditions of its authorisation at all times. The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution must be notified of any change in the conditions governi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation of payment institutions

Article L522-11

…l of authorisation as a payment institution shall be decided by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution at the request of the institution.It may also be decided ex officio by the Autorité…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prudential provisions

Article L522-14

…luding when they entrust essential or important operational functions or other tasks to third parties. They must maintain an adequate level of own funds. The conditions for application of this article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prudential provisions

Article L522-18

…formation on the procedures for protecting the funds collected. Customers are informed of any changes. This information may not be used for advertising purposes.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Agents

Article L523-5

…Article L. 572-7, agents are treated in the same way as persons employed by payment service providers.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Money changers

Article L524-2

…5, bureaux de change may give euros in cash in exchange for travellers' cheques denominated in euros.II. - Persons carrying on the business of manual foreign exchange on an occasional basis or for li…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions

Article L526-5

Funds representing electronic money collected by electronic money institutions for the purpose of issuing and managing electronic money do not constitute funds repayable by the public within the meani…

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