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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L512-83-1

The regional banks and credit unions are subject to documentary and on-site inspections by the Inspectorate General of Finance.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Fédération nationale des caisses d'épargne et de prévoyance

Article L512-99

…gether all the caisses d'épargne et de prévoyance represented by three members of their Orientation and Supervisory Board, including the Chairman, and by two members of their Management Board, includi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operations

Article L513-6

…icle L. 513-3, as well as loans guaranteed by the remittance, assignment or pledging of receivables and which the société de crédit foncier has granted by benefiting from the provisions of articles L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Lien on claims arising from transactions

Article L513-11

Notwithstanding any legislative provisions to the contrary, and in particular those of Book VI of the French Commercial Code : 1. Sums arising from loans or similar claims, exposures, securities and d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Advertising

Article L515-10

…e copies of the articles of association, together with a complete list of the directors or managers and the members, indicating their name, profession, domicile and the amount of each subscription, sh…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: General provisions

Article L512-102

Bodies not falling within the scope of this section are prohibited from using any of the following names: "Caisse d'épargne et de prévoyance", "caisse d'épargne", "société locale d'épargne".

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L513-26-1

…ociétés de crédit foncier may use the "European covered bond" label for the "obligations foncières" and other senior debt referred to in Article L. 513-2, paragraph 2 of the first paragraph that they…

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

Article L513-29

…professional in nature;2° Acquire promissory notes issued by any credit institution under the terms and conditions defined in articles L. 313-43 to L. 313-48 and which, by way of derogation from artic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Use of funds

Article L515-8

The capital, the reserve funds and the guarantee fund are allocated to guarantee the sureties given by the company in such a way as to serve as a provision for bills, notes and commitments, in the abs…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial conglomerates

Article L517-2

…er State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or outside the European Economic Area and which, if its registered office were located in France, would be required to obtain authorisatio…

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