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Article L621-16 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Where the AMF Enforcement Committee has imposed a financial penalty that has become final before the criminal court has given a final ruling on related facts, the criminal court may order that the financial penalty be deducted from the fine it imposes.

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Article L621-16

Lorsque la Commission des sanctions de l’Autorité des marchés financiers a prononcé une sanction pécuniaire devenue définitive avant que le juge pénal ait statué définitivement sur des faits connexes, celui-ci peut ordonner que la sanction pécuniaire s’impute sur l’amende qu’il prononce.

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