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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Approval of AIFM established in a third country

Article L532-41

Any dispute arising between the Autorité des marchés financiers and the AIFM established in a third country of which France is the reference Member State shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Fr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Approval of AIFM established in a third country

Article L532-40

…evelopment of the AIFM's operations in the European Union within two years of its authorisation indicates that the marketing strategy as presented at the time of authorisation has not been followed or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-4

…ubject to consolidated supervision by a third-country supervisory authority equivalent to that applicable in France.To this end, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall consult the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Single registration

Article L546-4

I. - Breaches of the provisions of this chapter, with the exception of article L. 546-3, are punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €6,000 or one of these two penalties only. Any person w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: Tied agents

Article L545-4

…professional knowledge and skills required to provide investment or related services and to communicate accurately to any client, in particular any potential client, all relevant information about th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Miscellaneous goods intermediaries

Article L551-4

At the end of each financial year, in addition to drawing up its own accounts, the manager shall draw up an inventory of the assets under its management and a statement of the sums collected during th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Investment research, financial analysis and voting advisory services

Article L544-4

Voting advisers shall make public the code of conduct to which they refer and report on its application. Where a voting adviser does not refer to a code of conduct or where, in referring to such a cod…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article L547-4

…rticipatory finance service providers may also provide, under the conditions set out in Article L. 547-5, services identical to those mentioned in point ii) of a) of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of Regula…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other conditions of access and practice

Article L548-4

Natural persons who direct or manage an intermediary in participative financing must meet the conditions of good repute and professional competence laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Token issuers

Article L552-4

…ded that it is accompanied by a summary in French. This information document and promotional communications relating to the public offer shall be accurate, clear and not misleading and shall enable th…

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