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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Appearance before the Investigating Chamber

Article 695-29

The proceedings are immediately referred to the Investigating Chamber. The wanted person shall appear before it within five working days from the date of his presentation to the public prosecutor.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-29

If the Investigating Chamber finds that the legal conditions for extradition have been met, it shall issue a judgment in which it acknowledges the person claimed's formal consent to be extradited and,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The French Association of Credit Institutions and Investment Firms and other professional bodies

Article L511-29

…and to organise and manage services of common interest. Its purpose is also to draw up codes of conduct applicable to credit institutions, finance companies, portfolio management companies and invest…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation

Article L512-29

Caisses de crédit agricole mutuel may not carry out any transactions until they have filed with the clerk of the judicial court of their principal place of business, in accordance with the conditions…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article L513-29

I. - To achieve their purpose, housing finance companies may:1° Grant loans to any credit institution guaranteed by the remittance, assignment or pledging of the receivables referred to in II, in acco…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prudential provisions

Article L526-29

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may issue a recommendation or an injunction to electronic money institutions to ensure the existence of sufficient own funds for the issuance and m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions applicable to management companies

Article L532-29

…der to ensure an exchange of information enabling the Autorité des marchés financiers to fulfil the duties defined in this section.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control

Article L533-29

…on ensuring a well-defined, transparent and consistent division of responsibilities, effective procedures for identifying, managing, monitoring and reporting the risks to which they are or may be expo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exchange of information

Article L561-29

…requests from counterpart foreign financial intelligence units necessary for the performance of its duties. It shall process such requests as quickly as possible, making use of the powers and prerogat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article L612-29

When practices are identified that may justify prosecution under Articles L. 420-1 and L. 420-2 of the French Commercial Code, the Chairman of the Autorité informs the competent competition authoritie…

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