Any breach of the laws, regulations and professional obligations applicable to banking or financial canvassing committed by the persons mentioned in 1°, 3°, 5°, 7° and 8° of article L. 341-3 and in article L. 341-4 is penalised in accordance with the conditions laid down, depending on their nature or activities, in articles L. 612-39, L. 621-15 and L. 621-17.
Peddling and canvassing for the sale, purchase or exchange of gold ingots, bars, foreign currencies and demonetised gold coins are prohibited. Anyone who goes to the homes of private individuals, other than bankers, stockbrokers and dealers in precious metals, or to public places not reserved for this purpose, in order to offer or obtain the aforementioned materials, with immediate delivery and payment, in full or in part, either in cash…
I. – Any person who habitually goes to the homes of private individuals, other than bankers, stockbrokers or dealers in precious metals, or to public places not reserved for this purpose, to advise on the purchase, sale or exchange of these materials, or to offer to participate either in forward transactions in the same materials, or in syndicates whose object is transactions based on price differences and relating to the…
Peddling and canvassing for the sale or exchange of foreign banknotes are prohibited. Any person who goes to the homes of private individuals, other than bankers and stockbrokers, or to public places, to offer or obtain foreign banknotes with immediate delivery and payment, in whole or in part, either in cash or in securities, shall be deemed to be peddling foreign banknotes. Any person who habitually visits the homes of…
The distance supply of financial services to a consumer is governed by articles L. 222-1 to L. 222-7, L. 222-9 to L. 222-18, L. 232-4 and L. 242-15 of the French Consumer Code.
Where the remote provision of financial services to a consumer is preceded by canvassing within the meaning of article L. 341-1, article L. 341-12 applies in place of article L. 222-5 of the Consumer Code and references to the latter article are replaced by references to article L. 341-12.
Failure to comply with any of the obligations mentioned in the first, second, third and last paragraphs of II of article L. 312-1-1 and, where the customer is an individual acting for non-business purposes, article L. 314-12 and III of article L. 314-13, is punishable by a fine of 75 euros. This fine is imposed and recovered in accordance with the rules applicable to value added tax. Litigation is monitored…
Members of the Management Board or Supervisory Board of the Depositors’ Guarantee Fund and any person who, by virtue of their duties, has access to documents and information held by the Fund, shall be liable to the penalties provided for in article 226-13 of the French Criminal Code for violating the professional secrecy established in article L. 312-14.
The following offences are punishable by six months’ imprisonment and a fine of €7,500 1° Any person who engages in the activity of canvassing for banking or financial services as defined in article L. 341-1 without having obtained a canvassing licence in the case of activity carried out under the conditions of article L. 341-8 ; 2° Any person who engages in the activity of banking or financial canvassing under…
The penalties set out in Article 313-1 of the Criminal Code shall apply: 1° The act, for any person, of engaging in the activity of banking or financial canvassing defined in article L. 341-1 without fulfilling the conditions set out in articles L. 341-3 and L. 341-4 ; 2° Any person engaging in the activity of direct marketing of banking or financial products as defined in article L. 341-1 who…
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