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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-20-1-B

Where the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution or the Autorité des marchés financiers finds that an ISP with a branch in mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion, Ma…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: European UCITS management companies

Article L532-21-2

…quire the management company concerned to put an end to this irregular situation and inform the competent authorities of the management company's home state. If the management company concerned refuse…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: French UCITS portfolio management companies

Article L532-24-1

…o the Autorité des marchés financiers in accordance with rules laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.Unless the Autorité des marchés financiers has reason to doubt the adequacy of the administrati…

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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 L532-4

…ramme of operations, the AMF assesses the quality of the programme in the light of the obligations set out in Articles L. 533-25 and L. 533-26, as well as the conditions under which the investment ser…

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

Article L531-8

Each investment firm, market undertaking and clearing house shall join an association of its choice, responsible for the collective representation and defence of the rights and interests of its member…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions common to investment firms and portfolio management companies relating to professional secrecy

Article L531-12

…aw so provides, professional secrecy may not be invoked against the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, the Autorité des marchés financiers, the Banque de France, the Institut d'émission…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-18

…621-18-1, the persons mentioned in the previous paragraph are treated as investment service providers.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-20-1-A

Where the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution or the Autorité des marchés financiers has clear and demonstrable grounds for believing that an investment service provider operating under t…

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

Article L532-23

…hich it has not established a branch, shall notify its plans to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution in accordance with rules laid down by decree.II.-In the case of investment firms, t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prudential provisions

Article L526-33

…eration for the issue of electronic money is protected in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in Article L. 526-32. If this portion is variable or cannot be determined in advance, electro…

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