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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Central bodies

Article L511-32

Without prejudice to the powers of documentary and on-the-spot control conferred on the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution over the institutions and companies affiliated to them, the cen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-18

…tions for the application of articles L. 511-15 to L. 511-17. In particular, he shall set the terms and conditions under which : 1. Decisions to withdraw authorisation and to deregister are made publi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-20

…takings or which exercises a dominant influence over them by virtue of the existence of substantial and lasting links of solidarity resulting from financial commitments, shared management or shared se…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L511-22

…to provide in the territory of a Member State other than France where it has its registered office and depending on the authorisation it has received there, any credit institution may, in the territo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-3

…The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may order a person referred to in 1°, 4°, 9° and 10° of A of I of Article L. 612-2, a class 1 bis investment firm or, with the exception of firms…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41

I. - Credit institutions and finance companies are required to comply with management standards designed to guarantee their liquidity and solvency vis-à-vis depositors and, more generally, third parti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Prohibitions

Article L511-7

…ne of the affiliated companies effective control over the others; 4. Issue the financial securities and savings bonds referred to in Chapter III of Title II of Book II if it does not carry out the cre…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-13

The head office and central administration of any credit institution or finance company authorised in accordance with Article L. 511-10 are located in France. These provisions do not apply to branches…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Company accounts and accounting documents

Article L511-36

When they prepare their accounts in consolidated form, credit institutions and finance companies do so in accordance with the rules defined by a regulation of the Autorité des normes comptables (Frenc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-1-A

I. - Credit institutions and finance companies are subject to an additional capital requirement over and above the requirements laid down respectively in part three of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of t…

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