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Showing 571580 of 1009 articles for Art. LD-AdIC §§ 511–561

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operations

Article L513-4

I. - Exposures to the public entities referred to in Article L. 513-2 are assets, such as loans, or off-balance sheet commitments to or fully guaranteed by the entities listed below: 1. Central govern…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Commercial guarantee

Article R217-8

The application shall be submitted on a form and shall include all the information and supporting documents needed to assess whether the trader is covered by the provisions of article L. 217-24. If th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Control of conditions of access to and exercise of distribution activities

Article R514-3

Proof of professional competence as provided for in article I of article L. 511-2 must be provided by presenting one of the following documents, as appropriate:a) The training booklet defined in artic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title VIII: CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION IN THE OVERSEAS OF THE PROVISIONS OF BOOK VI RELATING TO BANKING AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

Article L781-3

In New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° References to the central bodies mentioned in Article L. 511-30 do not apply; 2° References to a financial conglomerate within…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services for investment firms and credit institutions providing investment services authorised in France

Article D532-23-1

Credit institutions wishing to establish a branch in application of I ofArticle L. 532-23 are subject to the procedure provided for in I ofArticle L. 511-27, subject to the observations and opinions o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XIV: Trusts

Article 2015

Only the credit institutions mentioned in I of Article L. 511-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code, the institutions and services listed in Article L. 518-1 of the same code, the investment firms ment…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Associate assistants.

Article R6152-539

The provisions of articles R. 6152-501, with the exception of 2° and the fifth paragraph, R. 6152-502, R. 6152-504, with the exception of the first and last paragraphs, R. 6152-508 to R. 6152-510, R.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Monitoring compliance with obligations and penalties

Article R561-42-1

For the purposes of III of Article L. 561-36-3, the decision of the sanctioning authority is published : 1° On the website of the Conseil national des barreaux for lawyers; 2° On the website of the Co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: POWERS

Article L3642-3

I. - For the application of articles L. 511-5, L. 512-4, L. 512-5, L. 512-6 et L. 513-1 of the Internal Security Code to the metropolis of Lyon:1° The reference to the public establishment for inter-m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article L613-29

In the event of the opening or pronouncement of compulsory liquidation proceedings in respect of a credit institution, finance company, electronic money institution, payment institution or investment…

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