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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Creation and administration

Article L514-3

…and in particular the powers of the guidance and supervisory board and the financial system, are determined by decrees of the Conseil d'Etat issued on the report of the Minister responsible for the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article L518-3

Decrees whose implementation requires the assistance of Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations are issued on the report or with the intervention of the Minister for the Economy, after consultation with th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and registration requirements

Article L519-3

The provisions of this chapter do not apply to notaries, who remain subject to their own legislative and regulatory provisions.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Payment service providers

Article L521-3

…ly : 1° On the premises of that undertaking or, under a commercial agreement with it, in a limited network of persons accepting those means of payment; or 2° For a limited range of goods or services.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial conglomerates

Article L517-3

…such groups. II. - A group constitutes a financial conglomerate when the following conditions are met: 1° A regulated entity is at the head of the group or at least one of the group's subsidiaries is…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Agents

Article L523-3

The commissioning payment service provider shall remain fully liable to third parties for the actions of any agent it has commissioned.The payment service provider shall ensure that its agents comply…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions

Article L526-3

…e reputation of the electronic money institution, the primacy of the interests of customers and competition in the market in question.The terms and conditions under which electronic money institutions…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General information

Article L525-3

It is prohibited for any person other than those mentioned in articles L. 525-1 and L. 525-2 to issue and manage electronic money within the meaning of article L. 315-1 on a regular professional basis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition

Article L522-3

…intenance of the reputation of the payment institution, the primacy of customers' interests and competition in the market in question.The Minister responsible for the economy shall set out in a decree…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prudential provisions

Article L526-30

I. - Electronic money institutions are required to comply with articles L. 522-14 to L. 522-18 when they provide payment services within the meaning of 1° of article L. 526-2. II. - Electronic money i…

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