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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-19

…n order to supervise an investment service provider benefiting from the regime provided for in Article L. 532-18-1, the competent authorities of the home country to which it belongs may require its br…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions common to investment firms and portfolio management companies relating to professional secrecy

Article L531-12

…rson who in any capacity participates in the direction or management of an investment firm or portfolio management company or who is employed by the latter is bound by professional secrecy.Apart from…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-18

Within the limits of the services it is authorised to provide in its home country, and depending on the authorisation it has received there, any legal or natural person authorised to provide investmen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Withdrawal of approval and deregistration

Article L532-12

A portfolio management company may be struck off the list of approved portfolio management companies as a sanction by the Autorité des marchés financiers.Deregistration entails the liquidation of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-17

An investment service provider other than an asset management company who receives an instruction to perform investment or related services on behalf of a client from another investment service provid…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-19

I.-With a view to providing the service referred to in Article L. 321-1.2, investment service providers other than portfolio management companies shall adopt and apply procedures to ensure that client…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-16

Articles L. 533-11 to L. 533-15 apply taking into account the nature of the service offered or provided, the nature of the financial instrument in question, and the professional or non-professional na…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-15

I.- Investment service providers other than portfolio management companies shall report to their clients, in a durable medium, on the services provided to them. The report shall include periodic commu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-11

When providing investment and investment-related services to clients, investment service providers other than asset management companies shall act honestly, fairly and professionally, in the best inte…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-18

I.- Investment services providers other than portfolio management companies shall take all reasonable steps to obtain, when executing orders, the best possible result for their clients having regard t…

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