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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Definition of operations for providing customers or managing means of payment

Article L311-4

The activities mentioned in 2° to 7° of III of article L. 314-1 are not considered to be the provision or management of means of payment.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1

Article L223-4

Savings certificates are entered in the name of their owner in a register kept by the issuer. The issuer provides the owner of the savings bond with a certificate of registration in the register and,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to UCITS, debt securitisation funds and property investment funds

Article L231-4

…l to arrange for the appointment of the fund's auditor in accordance with the terms of article L. 214-8-6. II. - Any statutory auditor, either in his own name or as a partner in a company of statutory…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L312-4

…For the implementation of the single resolution mechanism established by Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2014, the deposit guarantee and resolutio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Mobilisation of mortgage and similar claims

Article L313-44

I. - Unless Article L. 313-46 applies, the lender shall recover free disposal of the claims referred to in Article L. 313-43 as and when they fall due or are repaid, or on its own initiative. For as l…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Mobilisation of mortgage and similar claims

Article L313-48

…antee payment on maturity of either the amount of the promissory note referred to in article L. 313-42 or the interest attached to this note, the holder of this note may ask the lending institution to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Mobilisation of medium-term loans

Article L313-41

Contracts or bills representing advances must refer to articles L. 313-36 to L. 313-41 , as must mortgage-backed securities, failing which the bearer will be deprived of the right referred to in artic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Overall effective rate

Article L313-4

Articles L. 314-1 to L. 314-5, L. 341-48-1 and L. 341-49 of the French Consumer Code set out the rules governing the overall effective rate for loans.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Mobilisation of mortgage and similar claims

Article L313-42

…y the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 511-44 and which is not included in the scope of consolidation defined in Article L. 233-16 of the Comme…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Mobilisation of mortgage and similar claims

Article L313-46

…against return of the promissory note, delivery of the list of names provided for in article L. 313-43 and, where applicable, of the instruments made available to him pursuant to this paragraph. This…

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