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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Statutory auditors

Article L511-38

Each credit institution, finance company or investment firm is audited by at least two statutory auditors, under the conditions defined in Book VIII of the Commercial Code. These statutory auditors mu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Central bodies

Article L511-31

The central bodies represent the credit institutions and finance companies affiliated to them in their dealings with the Banque de France and the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. They…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Central bodies

Article L511-32

Without prejudice to the powers of documentary and on-the-spot control conferred on the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution over the institutions and companies affiliated to them, the cen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Company accounts and accounting documents

Article L511-36

When they prepare their accounts in consolidated form, credit institutions and finance companies do so in accordance with the rules defined by a regulation of the Autorité des normes comptables (Frenc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operations

Article L513-3

I. - Guaranteed loans are loans with : 1. A first-ranking mortgage or a property security interest providing at least equivalent security ; 2. Or, within the limits and under the conditions determined…

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

Article L514-3

The organisation and operation of the caisses de crédit municipal, and in particular the powers of the guidance and supervisory board and the financial system, are determined by decrees of the Conseil…

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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

I. - As an exception to the prohibition in Article L. 521-2, a company may provide payment services based on means of payment that are accepted, for the acquisition of goods or services, only : 1° On…

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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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