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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to all financing bodies

Article L214-172

…is purpose. In the event of a change in the entity responsible for collection pursuant to the first and second paragraphs, each debtor concerned shall be informed of this change by any means, includin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article L214-175-3

To avoid conflicts of interest between the depositary, the management company and, where applicable, the sponsor referred to in IV of Article L. 214-175-1, the securitisation undertaking and its unith…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article L214-175-4

…itisation undertaking when subscribing for such units, debt securities or shares have been received and that all cash has been accounted for ; 2° Generally ensures that the securitisation undertaking'…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Special provisions for securitisation undertakings or compartments of securitisation undertakings carrying insurance risks

Article L214-190

In order to carry out its duties and within the limits of those duties, in particular those entrusted to it by Article L. 214-189, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may conduct docu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Livret A passbook savings accounts

Article L221-6

Institutions distributing Livret A passbook savings accounts and Livret de Développement Durable et Solidaire passbook savings accounts receive a fee in return for centralising deposits. This remunera…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: People's savings plan

Article L221-19

Payments made by plan holders whose tax domicile is in France and whose tax assessment in respect of income for the penultimate year does not exceed the limit mentioned in 1 bis of article 1657 of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Youth passbook

Article L221-24

Individuals aged between twelve and twenty-five and ordinarily resident in France may only open a Livret Jeune and make deposits and withdrawals from it. If these individuals are under the age of sixt…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: The Livret de développement durable et solidaire (sustainable and socially responsible development passbook)

Article L221-27

…urable et Solidaire is opened by natural persons whose tax residence is in France in establishments and organisations authorised to receive deposits. The sums deposited in this passbook are used in ac…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Share savings plan

Article L221-30

…gs plan. A plan may have only one holder.The plan gives rise to the opening of a securities account and an associated cash account, or, for plans opened with an insurance company, to the signing of a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Share savings plan

Article L221-32

I. - After the fifth year, partial withdrawals of sums or securities and, in the case of capitalisation contracts, partial redemptions do not result in the closure of the equity savings plan.II. - Bef…

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