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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Accounting and reporting obligations.

Article D533-2-1

The financial futures instruments referred to in the second paragraph of article R. 533-2 are those referred to in 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8 of I of article D. 211-1 A.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Governance of investment firms

Article R533-18-2

…ther body exercising equivalent supervisory functions shall have adequate access to the information and documents necessary to supervise and monitor management decisions.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Governance of investment firms

Article R533-21-1

For the application of Article L. 533-30-13, the conduct likely to result in the reduction or restitution, in whole or in part, of the variable remuneration shall be defined by the investment firms, t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct.

Article D533-15-2

For the purposes of II of Article L. 533-15, the following conditions must be met:1° The client has agreed to receive the suitability statement without undue delay after the conclusion of the transact…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-22-1

For the application of Articles L. 561-7, L. 561-20, 3° of Article R. 561-5-2, 2° of Article R. 561-5-3 and Article R. 561-9, the persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 concerned shall assess the level…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article D561-10-2

The threshold mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 561-13 is set at 2,000 euros per session. The threshold referred to in the third paragraph of Article L. 561-13 is set at €2,000 per sessi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-14-2

I. - To implement the simplified due diligence measures provided for in 2° of Article L. 561-9, the persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 shall implement the measures for identifying the customer and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-16-2

The persons mentioned in 1° to 1°c of Article L. 561-2, acting as acquirers within the meaning of EU Regulation 2015/751 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015, shall only acce…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R612-21-1

…if the credit institution is subject to one of the resolution measures provided for in Article L. 613-31-16.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R612-20-1

…financiers of decisions relating to the authorisation or empowerment of the persons referred to in 2° of A of I ofArticle L. 612-2 and decisions relating to the authorisation of credit institutions p…

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