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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions applicable to investment service providers

Article L531-1

…ed, subject to compliance with the laws and regulations in force applicable to each of these services. The provision of such services alone does not entitle the client to the status of investment firm…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to investment firms

Article L531-4

…ed to provide the investment services referred to in Article L. 321-1 on a regular professional basis. The investment firms defined in the previous paragraph may be: 1° A class 1 bis investment firm,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Withdrawal of authorisation and deregistration of investment firms

Article L532-7

…management company may be ordered as a disciplinary sanction by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.Deregistration entails the liquidation of the legal entity if it has its registered…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: French investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L532-24

…ange the nature of the services it provides there, shall notify the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down by decree. In the case of inv…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional secrecy, accounting and statutory auditing

Article L526-36

…32-1 of the French Commercial Code is applicable to electronic money institutions under conditions set by the Autorité des normes comptables (French accounting standards authority), after consulting t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions and procedures for authorisation of investment service providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L532-3-2

…e to the provisions of Article L. 229-4 of the Commercial Code, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution also has the power to oppose, in accordance with the provisions of Article 8(14) an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Withdrawal of authorisation and deregistration of investment firms

Article L532-6

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may withdraw the authorisation of an investment firm at the request of the firm. It may also be decided ex officio by the AMF in the following case…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Withdrawal of approval and deregistration

Article L532-13

…shall specify the conditions for applying Articles L. 532-10 to L. 532-12. In particular, it shall determine the procedures for publicising decisions to withdraw authorisation or deregister.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L532-27

A decree shall determine the conditions under which the information provided for in Articles L. 532-23 to L. 532-25-1 shall be communicated to the competent authorities of the Member State concerned.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prudential provisions

Article L526-34

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

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