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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to UCITS, debt securitisation funds and property investment funds

Article L231-5

The penalties provided for in Articles 313-1, 313-7 and 313-8 of the Criminal Code shall apply to any person who fails to comply with the obligations set out in the last paragraph of Article L. 214-42…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to non-trading property investment companies

Article L231-11

…agement company of a non-trading property investment company are liable to five years' imprisonment and a fine of 375,000 euros if they: 1. Distribute fictitious dividends among the shareholders; 2. P…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to non-trading property investment companies

Article L231-14

Any person shall be liable to two years' imprisonment and a fine of €9,000 if he or she: 1. Preventing a shareholder from attending a meeting ; 2. Participating in a vote at a meeting by falsely repre…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Provisions relating to the provision or delivery of information or documents on any durable medium other than paper

Article L311-12

The provisions of this section do not apply to door-to-door selling and the distance provision of financial services governed by Chapters I and III of Title IV of Book III of this Code and to distance…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L224-29

Without prejudice to the other obligations to provide information and advice that apply to him, the manager of the retirement savings plan or the service provider authorised to distribute the retireme…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Governance

Article L224-37

…ll inform the Supervisory Committee at least once every six months about the management of the plan and shall submit to it, within six months of the end of the previous financial year, an annual repor…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to non-trading property investment companies

Article L231-8

The directors of the management company of a société civile de placement immobilier are liable to a fine of 18,000 euros if they fail to comply with article L. 214-88.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to non-trading property investment companies

Article L231-12

The directors of a management company are liable to a fine of €30,000 if they : 1° Failing to comply with Article L. 214-101 ; 2° Failing to submit the documents provided for in the first two paragrap…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to non-trading property investment companies

Article L231-19

It is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 18,000 euros for the directors of the management company or any person in the company's employ to obstruct the statutory auditors' verificati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: Banking inclusion and prevention of over-indebtedness

Article L312-1-1-B

…acting for professional purposes, on the use that these individuals make of these banking services and on the initiatives taken by credit institutions in this area. This observatory is also responsib…

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