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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-20

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat will specify the information that must be provided to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution so that it can decide on an application for approval, as well…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Freedom of establishment or freedom to provide services

Article L519-9

…eeps the register referred to in I of Article L. 512-1 of the Insurance Code is informed by the competent body of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Membership and operation of professional associations of banking and payment services intermediaries

Article L519-16

Bank and payment services intermediaries shall inform the association of which they are members of any change in the information concerning them and of any fact that may affect their membership of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Mixed holding companies and mixed parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-4-1

…activity financial holding company, which includes at least one establishment among its subsidiaries.For the purposes of the previous paragraph, the word "establishment" shall be understood within th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Tasks

Article L518-7

The Supervisory Board ensures ongoing control of the management of Caisse des dépôts et consignations by the Chief Executive Officer. It may delegate some of its powers to the Chief Executive Officer,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Remuneration of deposits and consignments

Article L518-23

The rate and method of calculation of interest on deposit accounts opened with the Caisse des dépôts et consignations and on sums deposited with the said Caisse are set by decision of the General Mana…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and registration requirements

Article L519-1

…s, or persons who, when carrying out intermediation in banking transactions and payment services, meet the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, or natural persons employed by persons…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Payment service providers

Article L521-3

…ly : 1° On the premises of that undertaking or, under a commercial agreement with it, in a limited network of persons accepting those means of payment; or 2° For a limited range of goods or services.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial conglomerates

Article L517-3

…nce group referred to in 5° of Article L. 356-1 of the Insurance Code or any sub-group of such groups. II. - A group constitutes a financial conglomerate when the following conditions are met: 1° A re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Investment holding companies

Article L517-4-3

An investment holding company is a financial institution the subsidiaries of which are exclusively or mainly investment firms or financial institutions, at least one of which is an investment firm whi…

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