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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-3

…ion or execution of transactions concerning :a) The purchase and sale of real estate or business assets;b) The management of funds, securities or other assets belonging to the client;c) Opening bank,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Procedures and internal control

Article L561-34

…in Article L. 561-2 shall provide regular information to their staff. To the same end, they shall set up all appropriate training programmes. For the purposes of this Article, the agents mentioned in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to investment service providers

Article L573-3

…nancial year and prepare annual accounts and a management report in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 533-5 is punishable by a fine of 15,000 euros.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The National Enforcement Committee

Article L561-38

The Minister for the Economy shall set up a National Sanctions Commission responsible for imposing the sanctions provided for in Article L. 561-40. It shall deal with breaches detected during inspecti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L562-3

The Minister responsible for the economy may decide, for a renewable period of six months, to freeze funds and economic resources:1° Belonging to, owned, held or controlled by natural or legal persons…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations relating to the fight against prohibited lotteries, games and betting

Article L563-3

The prohibition measures taken pursuant to this chapter apply to any person who is a co-owner of the funds and to any person who holds a joint account where the other account holder is an owner, bare…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L571-3

Any person who disregards one of the prohibitions set out in articles L. 511-5 and L. 511-8 is liable to three years' imprisonment and a fine of 375,000 euros. The court may order the posting or broad…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The National Enforcement Committee

Article L561-37

Any breach of the provisions of Sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 of this Chapter, of Chapter II of this Title, of directly applicable European provisions on combating money laundering and terrorist financing, i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L574-3

…the obligations arising therefrom or obstructing its implementation.The provisions relating to the detection, prosecution, litigation and punishment of offences under Titles II and XII of the Customs…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Manual changers

Article L572-3

The provisions of article L. 571-2 are applicable to proceedings relating to offences under articles L. 572-1 and L. 572-2.

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