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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services for investment firms and credit institutions providing investment services authorised in France

Article D532-21

…onomic Area, this firm or institution must, without prejudice to the conditions required by the competent authority of the host State, have been previously authorised to provide this service in France…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Tasks of approved professional associations

Article R519-45

…It informs them of any difficulties observed in the banking and payment services intermediation market which affect or are likely to affect the interests of customers or potential customers.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Approval and authorisation

Article R532-11

…ask the applicant for any additional information needed to examine the application. The time limit set by the Authority is suspended until the additional information is received.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Approval and authorisation

Article R532-16

…Title applicable to portfolio management companies and the provisions applicable to investment firms.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services for investment firms and credit institutions providing investment services authorised in France

Article D532-23-4

Where an investment service provider other than an asset management company plans to amend any of the disclosures referred to in I of Article D. 532-23-2, it shall inform the Autorité de contrôle prud…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Specific rules relating to third-country entities

Article D532-40

…n institution referred to in article L. 518-1 or in 1° of article L. 531-2, outside a regulated market, a multilateral trading facility or an organised trading facility; 2° The transactions are conclu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of investment services providers.

Article D533-1-A

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall take into account any guidance issued by the European Banking Authority for the application of Article L. 533-4.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct and organisation

Article R519-29

The intermediary shall explain to the customer, including the potential customer, the reasons for his proposals and how he has taken account of the information he has obtained from the customer.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Internal organisation of approved professional associations

Article R519-51

I.-The association shall set up a committee responsible for imposing the sanctions mentioned in the first paragraph of II of article L. 519-13 and in article L. 513-14 on its members. This committee m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Approval of professional associations

Article R519-60

When it intends to withdraw an association's authorisation, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution will inform the association. It will give the association the reasons for the withdrawa…

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