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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Approval of AIFM established in a third country

Article L532-37

…t the AIFM may rely on the provisions of Article L. 532-31, it shall notify the European Securities and Markets Authority without delay. The AMF shall provide the following information to support its…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Approval of AIFM established in a third country

Article L532-42-1

I. - 1. When an AIFM established in a third country and whose reference Member State is France intends to manage units or shares of AIFs established in another Member State of the European Union, eith…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Responsibility of the competent authorities

Article L532-45

The Autorité des marchés financiers may, at the request of the European Securities and Markets Authority:1° Prohibit the marketing, in the European Union, of units or shares of AIFs managed by manager…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Approval of AIFM established in a third country

Article L532-39

…However, if the AIFM modifies its marketing strategy within two years of its initial authorisation and if this new strategy, if it had been the initial marketing strategy, would have had the effect 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 L533-4

…the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall consult the European Banking Authority and the relevant competent authorities of the other Member States of the European Union or the other…

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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 L533-4-6

…investment firm to comply with a specific liquidity requirement where, on the basis of the controls and examinations carried out in accordance with Article L. 533-2-3, it finds that a Class 2 investme…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to investment service providers

Article L533-10-2

Without prejudice to the application of Section 8 of Chapter I of Title I of Book V, Articles II and III of Article L. 533-29 apply to credit institutions authorised to provide one or more of the inve…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-18-1

…ent orders, investment services providers other than portfolio management companies shall establish and publish once a year, for each category of financial instrument, a ranking of the top five execut…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article L533-26

…e persons who effectively manage the business of the firm within the meaning of Article L. 532-2 .4 and the members of the board of directors, the supervisory board, the management board or any other…

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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 L533-2-1

…the provisions of articles L. 511-41 to L. 511-50-1, with the exception of I of article L. 511-45, and are not subject to the provisions of article L. 533-4.

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