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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: Issuing and managing electronic money

Article D315-2

…ication of article L. 315-9 are as follows: 1° The maximum monetary value stored in electronic form and usable by means of a physical medium is set at 10,000 euros ; 2° The maximum amount that may be…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Leasing.

Article R313-4

For leasing transactions involving movable property, the leasing company shall request publication in the register referred to in Article R. 521-1 of the French Commercial Code, in accordance with the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Mobilisation of loans by the assignee or the pledgee.

Article R313-25-1

The issue by finance companies of the securities referred to in Articles L. 313-30 and L. 313-31 or the promissory notes referred to in Article L. 313-42 meets one or other of the following two condit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Book III: Services

Article R330-3

…o in Article R. 330-1 is required to provide any requesting party with information about the system and its operating rules, where such requesting party has a legitimate interest. This information rel…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Direct marketing of banking and financial services.

Article D341-15

The rights of access and rectification provided for respectively in articles 39 and 40 of the aforementioned Act of 6 January 1978 may be exercised with the Banque de France and the persons having app…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: French regulated markets.

Article R*421-6-1

Silence on the part of the administration shall constitute a decision to reject : 1° Applications for initial approval of the rules of a regulated market made pursuant to the third paragraph of Articl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title V: Investor protection

Article D452-7

…Associations shall draw up annual accounts. These annual accounts include a balance sheet, a profit and loss account and notes to the accounts in accordance with the accounting principles and methods…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for admission to the profession.

Article R511-2-1

…in accordance with Article L. 515-1, a company submits the same application to obtain, on the one hand, authorisation as a finance company and, on the other hand, one of the authorisations provided f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for admission to the profession.

Article R511-3-5

Any natural person or legal entity intending to file a draft public offer with the Autorité des marchés financiers pursuant to Chapter III of Title III of Book IV of the Legislative Part of this Code,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article R511-16-3

…s the business of the credit institution or finance company within the meaning of Article L. 511-13 and each member of the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Board, the Management Board or any other…

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