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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Procedure for marketing AIFs in an EU Member State other than France

Article L214-24-2

I. - Any French portfolio management company or any asset manager established in a third country whose reference Member State is France, which proposes to market, with a passport, to professional clie…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-25

…eneral-purpose investment funds may comprise different classes of units or shares under conditions set by the fund rules or the SICAV's articles of association, in accordance with the general regulati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assignment and pledging of trade receivables

Article L313-29-2

When the contracting public entity accepts, under the conditions provided for in Article L. 313-29-1 or Article L. 513-14, one or more assignments of receivables, each of which relates to all or part…

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

Article L532-20-2

…es marchés financiers:1° The written agreement with the depositary referred to in Article L. 214-10;2° Information on the delegation arrangements for administration and investment management functions…

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

Article L532-24-2

…f the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 shall submit an application to the competent authorities of the UCITS home Member State, providing these authorities with the documents req…

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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
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control

Article L533-29-2

The board of directors, the supervisory board or any other body exercising equivalent supervisory functions and the persons referred to in Article L. 532-2(4) must devote sufficient time to carrying o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-2-2

…intaining, on an ongoing basis, the amount, type and distribution of internal capital and liquid assets which they consider appropriate to cover the nature and level of risks which they may impose on…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Scope and transitional provisions relating to the governance of investment firms

Article L533-24-2

…ix months from the date on which the conditions for qualification as a class 3 investment firm are met. However, subsections 2, 3 and 4 shall cease to apply to the investment firm at the end of that p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exchange of information

Article L561-29-2

…e unit of that Member State, in accordance with the procedures specified by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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