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

Article R519-22-1

…ed to in Article L. 519-1-1, he shall gather the information he needs about his customer's personal and financial situation, preferences and objectives in order to be able to recommend appropriate con…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Approval and authorisation

Article R532-15-2

…information that it deems necessary to carry out the assessment provided for in Article R. 532-15-1 and that must be communicated to it as part of the notification provided for in I of Article L. 532-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article D522-1-2

The minimum capital of the payment institutions referred to in article L. 522-11-1 is set at 40,000 euros.

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

Article R533-16-2

Articles R. 533-18-3 and R. 533-18-4 apply to portfolio management companies.

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

Article D54-10-2

…nformation to the Autorité des marchés financiers: 1° The identity of the persons referred to in 1° and 2° of Article L. 54-10-3, documents relating to the good repute of these persons, in particular…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Accounting and reporting obligations.

Article D533-2-1

…ruments referred to in the second paragraph of article R. 533-2 are those referred to in 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8 of I of article D. 211-1 A.

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

Article R533-21-1

…urse may also take into account the failure to comply with the requirements relating to good repute and competence applicable to the person concerned.

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

Article D533-15-2

…ient the option of delaying the transaction so that it can receive the suitability statement beforehand.For the purposes of the last paragraph of Article L. 533-15, professional clients wishing to ben…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-22-1

…the application of Articles L. 561-7, L. 561-20, 3° of Article R. 561-5-2, 2° of Article R. 561-5-3 and Article R. 561-9, the persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 concerned shall assess the level of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article D561-10-2

…ferred to in the third paragraph of Article L. 561-13 is set at €2,000 per session for gaming clubs and €2,000 per transaction for other groups and companies organising games of money and chance and s…

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