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Showing 621630 of 62236 articles for Art. L 1237-1 et seq.

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L562-15

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall lay down the procedures for applying the provisions of this chapter.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Electronic money issuers

Article L572-14

Natural persons guilty of the offence referred to in article L. 572-13 shall also be liable to the following additional penalties:1° A ban on civic, civil and family rights, in accordance with the pro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to equity financing intermediaries

Article L573-17

Legal entities found to be criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in article L. 573-15 shall incur, in addition to the f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L562-12

Banking or professional secrecy shall not prevent the exchange of information between the persons and bodies referred to in Article L. 562-4 and the State departments responsible for preparing or impl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Banking intermediaries

Article L571-15

Any natural person who engages in the business of intermediary in banking and payment services without complying with the obligation set out in the first paragraph of Article L. 519-2 is liable to two…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Payment service providers

Article L572-10

Failure by the directors of a payment institution to request the appointment of the institution's statutory auditors or to convene them to any general meeting is punishable by two years' imprisonment…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to providers of participative financing services

Article L573-13

Natural persons guilty of one of the offences mentioned in article L. 573-12 are also liable to the following additional penalties: 1° Disqualification from civic, civil and family rights, in accordan…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations relating to the fight against prohibited lotteries, games and betting

Article L563-1

The bodies, institutions and services governed by Title I of this Book which hold or receive funds repayable from the public are required to apply the prohibition measures taken pursuant to this Chapt…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Financial holding companies, parent companies of finance companies and mixed financial holding companies

Article L571-14

Failure by the directors of a financial holding company, a parent company of a finance company or a mixed financial holding company to prepare accounts in consolidated form, in accordance with article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Electronic money issuers

Article L572-17

Failure by the persons referred to in article L. 526-35 of this Code to observe professional secrecy is punishable by the penalties set out in article 226-13 of the French Criminal Code.

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