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Article L571-12 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Any person who opens or runs a pawnshop or pledge house without legal authorisation is liable to six months’ imprisonment and a fine of €9,000. The same penalties shall apply if a person with authorisation fails to keep a register that complies with the regulations and contains, without any blanks or spaces, the sums or objects loaned, the names, addresses and occupations of the borrowers, and the nature, quality and…

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Article L571-13 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The penalties provided for in article L. 571-3 shall apply to any person who, either directly or on behalf of a company, engages in the activities defined in article L. 515-2 without complying with the provisions of Title I of this Book or the regulations made for their application.

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Article L572-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Any person, acting either on their own behalf or on behalf of a legal entity, who disregards one of the prohibitions set out in article L. 524-4 shall be liable to two years’ imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros. Any person who fails to comply with the prohibition laid down in article L. 524-5 shall be liable to the same penalty. Any person subject to the obligation to make…

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Article L572-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The penalties provided for in Article L. 571-4 shall apply to any person, acting either on its own behalf or on behalf of a legal entity and habitually engaged in manual foreign exchange transactions, who, after formal notice, fails to respond to requests for information from the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, obstructs it in any way whatsoever in the performance of its supervisory duties or provides it…

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