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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct.

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
Section 4: Governance of investment firms

Article R533-18-3

…management. This provision does not apply to the production of scientific, literary or artistic works.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title IV: Other service providers

Article D541-8

…the power to manage or administer legal persons authorised as financial investment advisers must meet the following conditions: 1° Be of legal age; 2° They must not be subject to : a) banned temporar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Participative financing intermediaries

Article R548-4

I. - Participative finance intermediaries shall mention on their website, in a manner that is easily accessible from the first page, and in all correspondence and on all advertising media, with the ex…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct.

Article D533-15

…management companies shall indicate to the client, in good time before the service is provided:- whether the investment advice is provided independently ;- whether the investment advice is based on a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Governance of investment firms

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
Title IV: Other service providers

Article D541-9

…suant to article L. 541-3 includes cover that takes effect on 1st March for a period of twelve months. The contract is tacitly renewed on 1st January of each year.II. - Persons commencing the activity…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title IV: Other service providers

Article R545-1

The tied agents referred to inarticle L. 545-4 must not have been subject to :a) a final conviction referred to in II ofarticle L. 500-1 within the last ten years ;b) a sanction provided for in 3° to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title IV: Other service providers

Article D547-4

For the purposes of Article L. 547-5, the provider of participative finance services shall include the overheads incurred by the activity mentioned in Article L. 547-4 in the calculation of the pruden…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Participative financing intermediaries

Article R548-10

I.-When they present donation-based financing offers on their website that take the form of a collection open to the public, intermediaries in participative financing shall make available to the parti…

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