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Showing 501510 of 62236 articles for Art. L 1237-1 et seq.

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Appropriation of profits of Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article L518-16

Each year, Caisse des dépôts et consignations pays the French State a fraction of the net income from its proprietary activities, after payment of a contribution representing corporate income tax, set…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Consignments and deposits

Article L518-19

Courts and administrative bodies may not authorise or order deposits to be made with natural persons or bodies other than the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations and may not authorise debtors, custodia…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Payment service providers

Article L521-1

I. - Payment service providers are payment institutions, electronic money institutions, credit institutions and account information service providers.II. - When they provide payment services, the foll…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Membership and operation of professional associations of banking and payment services intermediaries

Article L519-16

Bank and payment services intermediaries shall inform the association of which they are members of any change in the information concerning them and of any fact that may affect their membership of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and registration requirements

Article L519-1

…transactions and payment services is the activity of presenting, proposing or assisting in the conclusion of banking transactions or payment services or carrying out any work or advice preparatory to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-13

Before granting approval to a financial holding company, a parent undertaking of a finance company or a mixed financial holding company, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall veri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Membership and operation of professional associations of banking and payment services intermediaries

Article L519-11

I.-For the purposes of their registration in the register referred to in I of Article L. 546-1, the banking and payment services intermediaries referred to in Article L. 519-1 and their agents shall j…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Mixed holding companies and mixed parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-10

Mixed holding companies and mixed parent companies of finance companies are subject to the provisions of Articles L. 511-33, L. 511-34, L. 511-41, I of Article L. 511-57, the second paragraph of Artic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Accounting management

Article L518-13

Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations is subject to the rules applicable to commercial accounting.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Freedom of establishment or freedom to provide services

Article L519-10

If an intermediary operating under the freedom to provide services or the freedom of establishment in one or more Member States of the European Union is removed from the register referred to in I of a…

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