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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Common provisions

Article D420-5

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/591 of 1 December 2016 clarifies the definition of economically equivalent OTC contracts.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title IV: Clearing houses

Article D440-3

The bodies or undertakings referred to in Article 7 of L. 440-2 meet the following conditions:they do not offer clearing services on behalf of third parties; -they belong to one of the following categ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title V: Investor protection

Article D452-5

…r of Justice. When the application submitted to the authorities is complete, a receipt will be issued.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title V: Investor protection

Article D452-8

Approval may be withdrawn, after consultation with the public prosecutor and the Autorité des marchés financiers, if the association no longer meets one of the conditions for approval. The association…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Book III: Services

Article D330-5

The operator of a system governed by the law of a third country mentioned in 2°, 3° or 4° of I of Article L. 330-1 and approved in accordance with this same article shall inform the Minister in charge…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title II: Trading platforms

Article D422-1

The Autorité des marchés financiers shall inform the European Commission and the European Securities and Markets Authority without undue delay of any measure taken pursuant to the second paragraph of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title V: Investor protection

Article D452-1

The authorisation of associations whose express statutory purpose is the defence of investors in transferable securities or financial products provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 452-1 m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title I: Public offerings

Article D411-2

The threshold referred to in 2° of article L. 411-2 is set at 8 million euros.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Multilateral trading facilities.

Article D424-1

The Autorité des marchés financiers shall notify the European Securities and Markets Authority of any authorisation granted to an investment services provider other than a portfolio management company…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: French regulated markets.

Article D421-5

The recognition order provided for in article L. 421-4 is published in the Journal officiel de la République française.

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