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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Loans to businesses.

Article D313-14-1

The minimum notice period referred to in the second sentence of the first paragraph of article L. 313-12 is sixty days for all categories of credit.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Loans to businesses.

Article R313-14-1

The public bodies referred to in article L. 313-13 are State-owned industrial and commercial public bodies whose purpose authorises them to participate in the financing of economic activity.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Popular banks.

Article R512-1-1

The central body of the caisses d'épargne et des banques populaires may authorise the banques populaires to incorporate a portion of their reserves into their share capital. Such incorporation may onl…

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

Article R511-17-1

Where they have a website, credit institutions and finance companies shall use it to present the systems implemented to ensure compliance with the requirements laid down in Article L. 511-45, in this…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions.

Article R511-16-1

Credit institutions and finance companies disclose in their annual reports the return on their assets, calculated by dividing their net profit by their balance sheet total.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions of access and practice

Article R519-11-1

…ent on the European Economic Area, it shall be supplemented by a three-month adaptation period completed under the responsibility of a bank and payment services intermediary, a credit institution or a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions of access and practice

Article R519-15-1

…in article L. 313-1 of the French Consumer Code comply with the continuing education requirements set out in article L. 314-24 of the said Code, in accordance with the conditions set out in articles…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Managing Director.

Article R518-12-1

Subject to specific legislative provisions, the publicity of acts relating to the Caisse des dépôts et consignations and its staff, when it is made compulsory by a legislative or regulatory provision,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Managing Director.

Article R518-11-1

The Chief Executive prepares the budget of the public institution and submits it to the Supervisory Board for adoption within a timeframe that enables it to be implemented on 1st January of the financ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to portfolio management companies.

Article R532-12-1

The total assets of the AIFs mentioned in IV and VI of Article L. 532-9:1° Do not exceed the threshold of 100 million euros, including assets acquired through the use of leverage; or2° Does not exceed…

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