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French Monetary and Financial Code
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French Monetary and Financial Code
Legislative part
Book I: Money
Title I: General provisions
Chapter I: The monetary unit
Article L111-1
Chapter II: Rules governing the use of currency
Section 1: Indexation
Article L112-1
Article L112-2
Article L112-3
Article L112-3-1
Article L112-4
Section 2: Power of attorney
Article L112-5
Article L112-5-1
Section 3: Prohibition on cash payment of certain claims
Article L112-6
Article L112-6-1-A
Article L112-6-1
Article L112-6-2
Article L112-7
Section 4: Method of payment of wages
Article L112-10
Section 5: Charges or reductions for the use of a given payment instrument
Article L112-11
Article L112-12
Article L112-13
Section 6: Provision of cash as part of a payment transaction
Article L112-14
Chapter III: Conversion to the euro unit
Article L113-1
Title II: Banknotes and coins
Chapter I: Metallic coins
Section 1: Metal parts
Article L121-1
Article L121-2
Section 2: La Monnaie de Paris
Article L121-3
Article L121-4
Article L121-5
Article L121-6
Chapter II: Banknotes
Article L122-1
Chapter III: Common provisions
Article L123-1
Title III: Cashless money instruments
Chapter I: Bank and postal cheques
Section 1: General provisions
Article L131-1
Article L131-1-1
Section 2: Creation and form of cheque
Article L131-2
Article L131-3
Article L131-4
Article L131-5
Article L131-6
Section 3: Transmission
Article L131-16
Article L131-17
Article L131-18
Article L131-19
Article L131-20
Section 4: Downstream
Article L131-28
Article L131-29
Article L131-30
Section 5: Presentation and payment
Article L131-31
Article L131-32
Article L131-33
Article L131-34
Article L131-35
Section 6: Crossed cheques
Article L131-44
Article L131-45
Article L131-46
Section 7: Recourse in the event of non-payment
Article L131-47
Article L131-48
Article L131-49
Article L131-50
Article L131-51
Section 8: Issuing cheques in several copies
Article L131-56
Article L131-57
Section 9: Alteration
Article L131-58
Section 10: Limitation period
Article L131-59
Article L131-60
Section 11: Protest
Article L131-61
Article L131-62
Article L131-63
Article L131-64
Article L131-65
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties
Article L131-69
Article L131-70
Article L131-71
Article L131-72
Article L131-73
Chapter II: Bills of exchange and promissory notes
Article L132-1
Article L132-2
Chapter III: Rules applicable to other payment instruments and access to accounts
Section 1: Scope and definitions
Article L133-1
Article L133-1-1
Article L133-2
Article L133-3
Article L133-4
Section 2: Authorisation of a payment transaction
Article L133-6
Article L133-7
Article L133-8
Section 3: Conditions for executing a payment transaction
Article L133-9
Article L133-10
Article L133-11
Section 4: Execution time for payment transactions and value dates
Article L133-12
Article L133-13
Article L133-14
Section 5: Obligations of the parties with regard to payment instruments
Subsection 1: Relationship between the payment service provider and the payment service user
Article L133-15
Article L133-16
Article L133-17
Subsection 2: Relationship between the respective payment service providers and the payment service user
Article L133-17-1
Section 6: Disputes and liability in the event of unauthorised payment transactions
Subsection 1: Liability regime
Article L133-18
Subsection 2: Special case of payment instruments with personalised security data
Article L133-19
Article L133-20
Section 7: Liability in the event of an incorrectly executed payment transaction
Article L133-21
Article L133-22
Article L133-22-1
Article L133-22-2
Section 8: Practical procedures and deadlines in the event of unauthorised or incorrectly executed payment transactions
Article L133-23
Article L133-23-1
Article L133-24
Section 9: Reimbursement of a payment transaction ordered by the payee or by the payer who gives a payment order via the payee
Article L133-25
Article L133-25-1
Article L133-25-2
Section 10: Applicable charges
Article L133-26
Article L133-27
Section 11: Instruments reserved for small-value payments
Article L133-28
Section 12: Terms and conditions for redeeming electronic money
Article L133-29
Article L133-30
Article L133-31
Article L133-32
Article L133-33
Section 13: Access to payment accounts
Article L133-39
Article L133-40
Article L133-41
Section 14: Payment transactions where the amount is not known in advance
Article L133-42
Article L133-43
Section 15: Authentication
Article L133-44
Section 16: Handling complaints
Article L133-45
Title IV: The Banque de France
Chapter I: Missions
Section 1: Fundamental missions
Article L141-1
Article L141-2
Article L141-3
Article L141-4
Article L141-5
Section 2: Other missions of general interest and other activities
Article L141-7
Article L141-8
Article L141-9
Chapter II: Organisation of the bank
Section 1: Status of the Banque de France
Article L142-1
Section 2: The General Council
Article L142-2
Article L142-3
Section 4: The Governor and Deputy Governors
Article L142-8
Section 5: Bank staff
Article L142-9
Section 6: Branches
Article L142-10
Chapter III: Report to the President of the Republic - Parliamentary scrutiny
Article L143-1
Chapter IV: Miscellaneous provisions
Article L144-1
Article L144-2
Article L144-2-1
Article L144-3
Article L144-4
Title V: Financial relations with foreign countries
Chapter I: General provisions
Article L151-1
Article L151-2
Article L151-3
Article L151-3-1
Article L151-3-2
Chapter II: Reporting obligations
Article L152-1
Article L152-1-1
Article L152-1-2
Article L152-2
Article L152-3
Chapter III: Assets of foreign central banks
Article L153-1
Title VI: Criminal provisions
Chapter I: Offences relating to the prohibition of cash payment of certain debts
Chapter II: Offences relating to currency
Article L162-1
Article L162-2
Chapter III: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments
Article L163-1
Article L163-2
Article L163-3
Article L163-4
Article L163-4-1
Chapter IV: Offences concerning the Banque de France
Article L164-1
Article L164-2
Chapter V: Breaches of legislation on financial relations with foreign countries
Article L165-1
Title VII: Administrative penalties
Single chapter: Breaches of the rules on charges or discounts for the use of a given payment instrument
Article L171-1
Article L171-2
Article L171-3
Book II: Products
Title I: Financial instruments
Chapter I: Definition and general rules
Section 1: Definitions
Article L211-1
Section 2: Financial securities
Subsection 1: Terms and conditions of issue
Article L211-2
Subsection 2: Registration of financial securities
Paragraph 1: General provisions
Article L211-3
Article L211-4
Article L211-5
Paragraph 2: Custody account and registration in a shared electronic recording system
Article L211-6
Article L211-7
Article L211-8
Paragraph 3: Protection of the account holder
Article L211-9
Article L211-10
Article L211-11
Article L211-12
Paragraph 4: Transitional provisions
Article L211-13
Subsection 3: Transmission
Paragraph 1: Negotiability
Article L211-14
Article L211-15
Article L211-16
Paragraph 2: Transfer of ownership
Article L211-17
Article L211-17-1
Article L211-18
Article L211-19
Subsection 4: Pledging of securities accounts and securities
Article L211-20
Subsection 5: Special forms of transfer
Paragraph 1: Adjudication
Article L211-21
Paragraph 2: Securities lending
Article L211-22
Article L211-23
Article L211-24
Article L211-26
Paragraph 3: Pension
Article L211-27
Article L211-28
Article L211-29
Article L211-30
Article L211-31
Section 3: Financial contracts
Article L211-35
Section 4: Common rules applicable to transactions in financial instruments
Paragraph 1: Set-off and assignment of claims
Article L211-36
Article L211-36-1
Article L211-37
Paragraph 2: Guarantee of financial obligations
Article L211-38
Article L211-38-1
Article L211-39
Paragraph 3: Common provision
Article L211-40
Article L211-40-1
Section 5: Foreign financial instruments
Article L211-41
Chapter II: Equity securities
Article L212-1-A
Section 1: Shares
Subsection 1: Shares for cash and paid-in capital
Article L212-1
Subsection 2: Mandatory registered shares
Article L212-2
Article L212-3
Article L212-4
Subsection 3: Preference shares
Article L212-5
Subsection 4: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out
Article L212-6
Article L212-6-1
Article L212-6-2
Article L212-6-3
Article L212-6-4
Section 2: Other securities giving or which may give access to capital or voting rights
Article L212-7
Section 3: Special employee share ownership schemes
Subsection 1: Employee profit-sharing and incentive schemes
Article L212-13
Article L212-14
Subsection 2: Capital increases
Article L212-15
Subsection 3: Share subscription or purchase options
Article L212-16
Subsection 4: Business creators' share warrants
Article L212-17
Chapter III: Debt securities
Article L213-0-1
Section 1: Negotiable debt securities
Article L213-1
Article L213-2
Article L213-3
Article L213-4
Article L213-4-1
Section 2: Obligations
Subsection 1: General rules.
Article L213-5
Article L213-6
Article L213-6-1
Article L213-6-2
Article L213-6-3
Subsection 2: Bonds issued by economic interest groupings.
Article L213-7
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.
Article L213-8
Article L213-9
Article L213-10
Article L213-11
Article L213-12
Subsection 4: Bonds issued by foundations
Article L213-21-1-A
Section 3: Securities issued by the State
Article L213-21-1
Subsection 1: Government bonds
Article L213-22
Subsection 2: Treasury bills
Article L213-23
Article L213-24
Article L213-25
Article L213-26
Article L213-27
Section 4: Equity securities
Article L213-32
Article L213-33
Article L213-34
Article L213-35
Chapter IV: Collective investments
Article L214-1
Article L214-1-1
Article L214-1-2
Section 1: UCITS
Article L214-2
Article L214-2-1
Article L214-2-2
Subsection 1: Approval
Article L214-3
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS
Article L214-4
Article L214-5
Article L214-6
Article L214-7
Article L214-7-1
Subsection 3: Obligations of the management company, the depositary, the entity responsible for centralisation and the statutory auditor
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the UCITS, the portfolio management company and the depositary
Article L214-9
Article L214-9-1
Paragraph 2: Custodian
Article L214-10
Article L214-10-1
Article L214-10-2
Article L214-10-3
Article L214-10-4
Paragraph 3: Other provisions
Article L214-12
Article L214-13
Article L214-14
Subsection 4: Operating rules
Article L214-15
Article L214-16
Article L214-17
Article L214-17-1
Article L214-17-2
Subsection 5: Investment rules
Paragraph 1: General rules governing the composition of assets
Article L214-20
Paragraph 2: Rules applicable to financial contracts, temporary acquisitions and sales of financial instruments and guarantees
Article L214-21
Subsection 6: Master and feeder UCITS
Article L214-22
Article L214-22-1
Article L214-22-2
Article L214-22-3
Article L214-22-4
Subsection 7: Investor information
Article L214-23
Article L214-23-1
Article L214-23-2
Section 2: FIA
Article L214-24
Subsection 1: Common provisions
Paragraph 1: AIF marketing and pre-marketing procedures
Sub-paragraph 1: Procedure for marketing FIAs in France
Article L214-24-0
Article L214-24-1
Sub-paragraph 2: Procedure for marketing AIFs in an EU Member State other than France
Article L214-24-2
Sub-paragraph 3: Procedure for pre-marketing AIFs in France or in an EU Member State other than France (article L. 214-24-2-1)
Article L214-24-2-1
Paragraph 2: Custodian
Article L214-24-3
Article L214-24-4
Article L214-24-5
Article L214-24-6
Article L214-24-7
Paragraph 3: Assessment
Article L214-24-13
Article L214-24-14
Article L214-24-15
Article L214-24-16
Article L214-24-17
Paragraph 4: Information
Sub-paragraph 1: Investor information
Article L214-24-19
Sub-paragraph 2: Information for the Autorité des marchés financiers
Article L214-24-20
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control
Article L214-24-21
Article L214-24-22
Article L214-24-23
Subsection 2: Funds open to non-professional investors
Paragraph 1: General-purpose investment funds
Sub-paragraph 1: Approval
Article L214-24-24
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds
Article L214-24-25
Article L214-24-26
Article L214-24-27
Article L214-24-28
Article L214-24-29
Sub-paragraph 3: Obligations of the management company, the entity responsible for centralisation and the statutory auditor
Article L214-24-44
Article L214-24-45
Article L214-24-46
Article L214-24-47
Sub-paragraph 4: Operating rules
Article L214-24-48
Article L214-24-49
Article L214-24-50
Article L214-24-51
Article L214-24-52
Sub-paragraph 5: Investment rules
Article L214-24-55
Article L214-24-56
Sub-paragraph 6: Master and feeder general purpose investment funds
Article L214-24-57
Article L214-24-58
Article L214-24-59
Article L214-24-60
Article L214-24-61
Sub-paragraph 7: Investor information
Article L214-24-62
Article L214-25
Sub-paragraph 8: Miscellaneous provisions
Article L214-26
Article L214-26-1
Article L214-26-2
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions
Article L214-27
Sub-paragraph 2: Risk mutual funds
Article L214-28
Article L214-29
Sub-paragraph 3: Innovation mutual funds
Article L214-30
Article L214-30-1
Sub-paragraph 4: Local investment funds
Article L214-31
Article L214-32
Article L214-32-1
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions
Article L214-33
Article L214-34
Article L214-35
Article L214-36
Article L214-37
Sub-paragraph 2: Special rules relating to sociétés de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable (real estate investment companies with variable capital)
Article L214-62
Article L214-63
Article L214-64
Article L214-65
Article L214-66
Sub-paragraph 3: Special rules relating to real estate investment funds
Article L214-71
Article L214-72
Article L214-73
Article L214-74
Article L214-75
Sub-paragraph 4: Undertakings for collective real estate investment with sub-funds
Article L214-85
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)
Sub-paragraph 1: General scheme
Article L214-86
Article L214-87
Article L214-88
Article L214-89
Article L214-90
Sub-paragraph 2: Subscription of shares
Article L214-93
Article L214-94
Article L214-95
Article L214-96
Article L214-97
Sub-paragraph 3: Management
Article L214-98
Article L214-99
Article L214-100
Article L214-101
Article L214-102
Sub-paragraph 4: General Meeting
Article L214-103
Article L214-104
Article L214-105
Article L214-106
Article L214-107
Sub-paragraph 5: Accounting provisions
Article L214-109
Article L214-110
Sub-paragraph 6: Merger
Article L214-111
Article L214-112
Article L214-113
Sub-paragraph 7: Rules of good conduct
Sub-paragraph 8: Special provisions for non-trading property investment companies
Article L214-114
Article L214-115
Article L214-116
Article L214-117
Article L214-118
Sub-paragraph 9: Special provisions for forestry savings companies
Article L214-121
Article L214-122
Article L214-123
Article L214-124
Article L214-125
Paragraph 5: Sociétés d'investissement à capital fixe (closed-end investment companies)
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions
Article L214-127
Article L214-127-1
Article L214-128
Article L214-129
Article L214-130
Sub-paragraph 2: Sociétés d'investissement à capital fixe (closed-end investment companies whose shares are traded on a financial instruments market)
Article L214-136
Article L214-137
Sub-paragraph 3: Closed-end funds governed by foreign law whose units or shares are traded on a financial instruments market
Article L214-138
Paragraph 6: Funds of hedge funds
Article L214-139
Article L214-140
Article L214-141
Article L214-142
Subsection 3: Funds open to professional investors
Paragraph 1: Approved funds
Sub-paragraph 1: General-purpose professional funds
Article L214-143
Article L214-144
Article L214-145
Article L214-146
Article L214-147
Sub-paragraph 2: Professional undertakings for collective real estate investment
Article L214-148
Article L214-149
Article L214-150
Article L214-151
Paragraph 2: Declared funds
Article L214-152
Article L214-153
Article L214-153-1
Sub-paragraph 1: Specialised professional funds
Article L214-154
Article L214-155
Article L214-156
Article L214-157
Article L214-158
Sub-paragraph 2: Professional private equity funds
Article L214-159
Article L214-160
Article L214-161
Article L214-162
Sub-paragraph 3: Société de libre partenariat (unincorporated partnership)
Article L214-162-1
Article L214-162-2
Article L214-162-3
Article L214-162-4
Article L214-162-5
Subsection 4: Employee savings funds
Article L214-163
Paragraph 1: Company mutual funds
Article L214-164
Article L214-165
Article L214-165-1
Paragraph 2: Sociétés d'investissement à capital variable d'actionnariat salarié (open-ended investment companies with employee share ownership)
Article L214-166
Subsection 5: Funding bodies
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to all financing bodies
Article L214-166-1
Article L214-166-2
Article L214-167
Article L214-168
Article L214-169
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings
Article L214-175-1
Article L214-175-2
Article L214-175-3
Article L214-175-4
Article L214-175-5
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to securitisation companies
Article L214-176
Article L214-177
Article L214-179
Sub-paragraph 2: Special provisions for securitisation funds
Article L214-180
Article L214-181
Article L214-182
Article L214-183
Article L214-184
Paragraph 3: Special provisions for securitisation undertakings or compartments of securitisation undertakings carrying insurance risks
Article L214-187
Article L214-188
Article L214-189
Article L214-190
Paragraph 4: Provisions specific to specialised financing bodies
Article L214-190-1
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to specialised finance companies
Article L214-190-2
Article L214-190-2-1
Sub-paragraph 2: Special provisions for specialised financing funds
Article L214-190-3
Article L214-190-3-1
Section 3: Other collective investments
Article L214-191
Title II: Savings products
Chapter I: General savings products with special tax treatment
Section 1: Livret A passbook savings accounts
Article L221-1
Article L221-2
Article L221-3
Article L221-4
Article L221-5
Section 2: Popular savings
Subsection 1: Popular savings passbook account
Article L221-13
Article L221-14
Article L221-15
Article L221-16
Article L221-17
Subsection 2: People's savings plan
Article L221-18
Article L221-19
Article L221-20
Article L221-21
Article L221-22
Section 3: Youth passbook
Article L221-24
Article L221-25
Article L221-26
Article L221-26-1
Section 4: The Livret de développement durable et solidaire (sustainable and socially responsible development passbook)
Article L221-27
Section 5: Home savings schemes
Article L221-29
Section 6: Share savings plan
Article L221-30
Article L221-31
Article L221-32
Section 6a: Equity savings plan for financing small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies
Article L221-32-1
Article L221-32-2
Article L221-32-3
Section 6b: SME Innovation Account
Article L221-32-4
Article L221-32-5
Article L221-32-6
Article L221-32-7
Section 7: Co-development savings
Subsection 1: The co-development savings account
Subsection 2: Livret d'épargne pour le codéveloppement (joint development savings account)
Section 7a: Forestry insurance savings account
Article L221-34-1
Section 8: Provisions common to general savings products with special tax treatment
Article L221-35
Article L221-36
Article L221-37
Article L221-38
Chapter II: Employee savings products
Single section: The company savings plan
Article L222-1
Chapter III: Savings bonds
Section 1
Article L223-1
Article L223-2
Article L223-3
Article L223-4
Article L223-5
Section 2
Article L223-10
Chapter IV: Retirement savings plans
Section 1: Common provisions
Subsection 1: Definition
Article L224-1
Subsection 2: Composition and management
Article L224-2
Article L224-3
Subsection 3: Availability of savings
Article L224-4
Article L224-5
Article L224-6
Subsection 4: Information for holders
Article L224-7
Article L224-7-1
Subsection 5: Application procedures
Article L224-8
Section 2: The company pension savings plan
Subsection 1: Common provisions
Article L224-9
Article L224-10
Article L224-11
Article L224-12
Subsection 2: The collective company pension savings plan
Paragraph 1: Implementation
Article L224-13
Article L224-14
Article L224-15
Article L224-16
Paragraph 2: Holders
Article L224-17
Article L224-18
Article L224-19
Paragraph 3: Special payment rules
Article L224-20
Paragraph 4: Governance
Article L224-21
Article L224-22
Subsection 3: The compulsory retirement savings plan
Paragraph 1: Implementation
Article L224-23
Paragraph 2: Holders
Article L224-24
Paragraph 3: Special payment rules
Article L224-25
Paragraph 4: Governance
Article L224-26
Subsection 4: Possibilities for grouping company pension savings plans
Article L224-27
Section 3: The individual retirement savings plan
Subsection 1: Common provisions
Article L224-28
Article L224-29
Article L224-30
Article L224-30-1
Subsection 2: The individual retirement savings plan giving rise to the opening of a securities account
Article L224-31
Article L224-32
Subsection 3: The individual retirement savings plan giving rise to membership of a group insurance contract
Paragraph 1: Implementation
Article L224-33
Article L224-34
Paragraph 2: Governance
Article L224-35
Article L224-36
Article L224-37
Article L224-38
Article L224-39
Section 4: Transfers
Article L224-40
Chapter V: French sub-account of the pan-European individual retirement savings product
Article L225-1
Article L225-2
Article L225-3
Article L225-4
Article L225-5
Title III: Criminal provisions
Chapter I: Offences relating to financial instruments
Section 1: Offences relating to titles
Subsection 1: Obligations.
Article L231-1
Subsection 2: Securities issued by associations.
Section 2: Offences relating to collective investments
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to UCITS, debt securitisation funds and property investment funds
Article L231-3
Article L231-4
Article L231-5
Article L231-6
Article L231-7
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to non-trading property investment companies
Article L231-8
Article L231-9
Article L231-10
Article L231-11
Article L231-12
Chapter II: Offences relating to savings products
Section unique : Bons de caisse
Article L232-1
Book III: Services
Title I: Banking, payment services and the issuance and management of electronic money
Chapter I: General provisions
Section 1: Definition of banking transactions
Article L311-1
Section 2: Definition of banking-related transactions
Article L311-2
Section 3: Definition of operations for providing customers or managing means of payment
Article L311-3
Article L311-4
Section 4: Complementary local currency certificates
Article L311-5
Article L311-6
Section 5: Provisions relating to the provision or delivery of information or documents on any durable medium other than paper
Article L311-7
Article L311-8
Article L311-9
Article L311-10
Article L311-11
Section 6: Accessibility obligations
Article L311-14
Chapter II: Accounts and deposits
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations
Subsection 1: Right to an account
Article L312-1
Subsection 1a: Banking inclusion and prevention of over-indebtedness
Article L312-1-1-A
Article L312-1-1-B
Subsection 2: Relations between credit institutions and their customers
Article L312-1-1
Article L312-1-2
Article L312-1-3
Article L312-1-4
Article L312-1-5
Section 2: Funds repayable from the public
Article L312-2
Section 3: Deposit guarantee and resolution fund
Subsection 1: General provisions
Article L312-4
Subsection 2: Deposit guarantee mechanism and resolution funding mechanism
Article L312-4-1
Article L312-5
Article L312-6
Article L312-6-1
Subsection 3: Resources of the deposit guarantee and resolution fund
Article L312-7
Article L312-8
Article L312-8-1
Article L312-8-2
Subsection 4: Organisation and operation of the deposit guarantee and resolution fund
Article L312-9
Article L312-10
Article L312-11
Article L312-12
Article L312-13
Subsection 5: Common provisions
Article L312-16
Article L312-18
Section 4: Dormant accounts
Article L312-19
Article L312-20
Article L312-21
Article L312-21-1
Section 5: Structured deposits
Article L312-22
Section 6: Access to payment account services held by credit institutions
Article L312-23
Chapter III: Appropriations
Section 1: General provisions
Subsection 1: Definition
Article L313-1
Subsection 2: Interest rates
Paragraph 1: Legal interest rate
Article L313-2
Article L313-3
Paragraph 2: Overall effective rate
Article L313-4
Paragraph 3: Usury rates
Article L313-5
Article L313-5-1
Article L313-5-2
Subsection 3: Register of serious payment incidents
Article L313-6
Subsection 4: Access to credit and aggravated risks
Article L313-6-1
Section 2: Loan categories and similar transactions
Subsection 1: Leasing
Article L313-7
Article L313-8
Article L313-9
Article L313-10
Subsection 2: Loans to businesses
Paragraph 1: Operating credit
Article L313-12
Article L313-12-1
Article L313-12-2
Paragraph 2: Equity loans
Article L313-13
Sub-paragraph 1: General scheme.
Article L313-14
Article L313-15
Article L313-16
Article L313-17
Sub-paragraph 2: Equity loans granted by the State.
Article L313-18
Article L313-19
Article L313-20
Paragraph 3: Guarantees for loans to sole traders
Article L313-21
Article L313-21-1
Paragraph 4: Guarantee commitments
Article L313-22-1
Section 3: Procedures for mobilising trade receivables
Subsection 1: Assignment and pledging of trade receivables
Article L313-23
Article L313-24
Article L313-25
Article L313-26
Article L313-27
Subsection 2: Mobilisation of loans by the assignee or the pledgee
Paragraph 1: General provisions
Article L313-30
Article L313-31
Article L313-32
Article L313-33
Article L313-34
Paragraph 2: Mobilisation of medium-term loans
Article L313-36
Article L313-37
Article L313-38
Article L313-39
Article L313-40
Paragraph 3: Mobilisation of mortgage and similar claims
Article L313-42
Article L313-43
Article L313-44
Article L313-45
Article L313-46
Section 4: Guarantee for sureties
Article L313-50
Article L313-50-1
Article L313-50-2
Article L313-51
Chapter IV: Payment services
Section 1: Definitions
Article L314-1
Section 2: Scope of application
Article L314-2
Article L314-3
Article L314-4
Article L314-5
Article L314-6
Section 3: Charges for the provision of information
Article L314-7
Section 4: Information requirements
Article L314-8
Subsection 1: Individual payment transactions
Article L314-9
Article L314-10
Article L314-11
Subsection 2: Framework contract for payment services
Article L314-12
Article L314-13
Subsection 3: Information after execution of the payment transaction
Article L314-14
Subsection 4: Information obligations where one of the payment service providers involved in the transaction is located in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon or outside the European Economic Area
Article L314-15
Subsection 5: Obligations applicable to instruments reserved for small-value payments
Article L314-16
Chapter V: Issuing and managing electronic money
Section 1: Definition
Article L315-1
Article L315-2
Article L315-3
Section 2: Remuneration
Article L315-4
Section 3: Contractual obligations
Article L315-5
Article L315-6
Article L315-7
Article L315-8
Article L315-8-1
Section 4: Capping
Article L315-9
Chapter VI: Mediation
Article L316-1
Chapter VII: Control and common provisions
Article L317-1
Article L317-2
Article L317-3
Chapter VIII: Offering of banking transactions to individuals resident in France by credit institutions having their registered office in a state that is on the list of states receiving official development assistance and that is not a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
Article L318-1
Article L318-2
Article L318-3
Article L318-4
Article L318-5
Title II: Investment services and services related to investment services
Chapter I: Investment services and related services
Article L321-1
Article L321-2
Article L321-3
Article L321-4
Chapter II: Investor guarantees
Article L322-1
Article L322-2
Article L322-3
Article L322-4
Article L322-5
Chapter III: Accessibility obligations
Article L323-1
Article L323-2
Title III: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments
Article L330-1
Article L330-2
Article L330-3
Article L330-4
Title IV: Canvassing, door-to-door sales and remote provision of financial services
Chapter I: Direct marketing of banking and financial services
Section 1: Definition
Article L341-1
Article L341-2
Section 2: Persons authorised to carry out doorstep selling
Article L341-3
Article L341-4
Article L341-5
Article L341-8
Article L341-9
Section 3: Products not eligible for direct marketing
Article L341-10
Section 4: Rules of good conduct
Article L341-11
Article L341-12
Article L341-13
Article L341-14
Article L341-15
Section 5: Disciplinary sanctions
Article L341-17
Chapter II: Canvassing and hawking of precious metals and foreign banknotes
Section 1: Trading in precious metals
Article L342-1
Article L342-2
Section 2: Transactions in foreign banknotes
Article L342-3
Chapter III: Distance supply of consumer financial services
Article L343-1
Article L343-2
Title V: Criminal provisions
Chapter I: Offences relating to account rights and customer relations
Article L351-1
Chapter II: Offences relating to the depositors' guarantee fund
Article L352-1
Chapter III: Canvassing offences
Section 1: Canvassing in banking or financial matters
Article L353-1
Article L353-2
Article L353-3
Article L353-4
Article L353-5
Section 2: Transactions in precious metals and foreign banknotes
Article L353-6
Title VI: Administrative penalties
Chapter I: Infringements relating to Regulation (EU) No 2015/751 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on interchange fees for card-related payment transactions
Article L361-1
Article L361-2
Chapter II: Infringements relating to Regulation (EU) No 260/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 establishing technical and commercial requirements for credit transfers and direct debits in euro and amending Regulation (EC) No 924/2009
Article L362-1
Article L362-2
Book IV: Markets
Title I: Operations
Chapter I: Definitions and scope of application
Article L411-1
Article L411-2
Article L411-2-1
Article L411-3
Article L411-4
Chapter II: General provisions
Article L412-1
Article L412-2
Article L412-3
Title II: Trading platforms
Preliminary chapter: Common provisions
Section 1: Definitions
Article L420-1
Section 2: Prohibition on proprietary trading
Article L420-2
Section 3: Organisational requirements
Article L420-3
Article L420-4
Article L420-5
Article L420-6
Article L420-7
Section 4: Monitoring compliance with trading platform rules and other obligations
Article L420-9
Section 5: Suspension and cancellation of financial instruments
Article L420-10
Section 6: Position limits and position reporting
Subsection 1: Position limits
Article L420-11
Article L420-12
Article L420-13
Article L420-14
Article L420-15
Subsection 2: Reporting of positions
Article L420-16
Section 7: Quality of execution of transactions
Article L420-17
Section 8: Freedom to provide services within the territory of Member States of the European Union or parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area
Article L420-18
Chapter I: French regulated markets
Section 1: Definition of regulated market and market undertaking
Article L421-1
Article L421-2
Article L421-3
Section 2: Recognition, review and withdrawal of regulated market status
Article L421-4
Article L421-5
Article L421-6
Section 3: Operating conditions for regulated markets and market undertakings
Subsection 1: Obligations of directors and shareholders of market undertakings
Article L421-7
Article L421-7-1
Article L421-7-2
Article L421-7-3
Article L421-7-4
Subsection 2: Obligations of the market undertaking
Article L421-10
Article L421-11
Article L421-12
Article L421-13
Section 4: Admission to trading
Article L421-14
Article L421-15
Article L421-16
Section 5: Regime for members of a regulated market
Article L421-17
Article L421-18
Article L421-19
Article L421-20
Chapter II: European regulated markets
Article L422-1
Chapter III: Recognised foreign markets
Article L423-1
Chapter IV: Multilateral trading facilities
Section 1: Definition; approval or authorisation of the system manager
Article L424-1
Section 2: Operating conditions
Article L424-2
Article L424-3
Section 3: Admission to trading
Article L424-4
Section 4: Membership scheme
Article L424-5
Section 5: Growth market for small and medium-sized enterprises
Article L424-6
Article L424-7
Article L424-8
Section 6: European multilateral trading facilities
Article L424-9
Article L424-10
Chapter V: Organised trading systems
Section 1: Definition; manager approval or authorisation
Article L425-1
Section 2: Operating conditions
Article L425-2
Article L425-3
Article L425-4
Article L425-5
Article L425-6
Section 3: Admission to trading
Article L425-7
Section 4: Customer regime
Article L425-8
Section 5: European organised trading systems
Article L425-9
Article L425-10
Chapter VI: Holding, trading and transporting gold
Article L426-1
Title III: Trading in financial instruments
Chapter III: Transactions specific to regulated markets
Section 1: Takeover bids and public exchange offers
Article L433-1
Article L433-1-1
Article L433-1-2
Article L433-2
Section 2: Obligation to file a draft public offer
Article L433-3
Section 3: Public buy-out offers and squeeze-out
Article L433-4
Section 4: Provisions applicable to companies whose financial instruments are no longer traded on a regulated market
Article L433-5
Title IV: Clearing houses and central securities depositories
Chapter I: Clearing houses
Article L440-1
Article L440-2
Article L440-4
Article L440-5
Article L440-6
Chapter II: Central depositories
Article L441-1
Article L441-2
Title V: Investor protection
Chapter I: Market transparency
Section 1: Financial reporting requirements
Article L451-1-1
Article L451-1-2
Article L451-1-3
Article L451-1-4
Article L451-1-5
Section 2: Disclosure requirements for equity investments
Article L451-2
Article L451-2-1
Section 3: Obligation to provide information on share buy-backs
Article L451-3
Section 4: Obligations relating to insider lists
Article L451-4
Section 5: Disclosure requirements for persons holding financial instruments the underlying interest of which is, in whole or in part, an agricultural commodity
Chapter II: Investor protection associations
Article L452-1
Article L452-2
Article L452-3
Article L452-4
Title VI: Criminal provisions
Chapter II: Offences relating to regulated markets
Article L462-2
Chapter IV: Offences relating to market undertakings and clearing houses
Article L464-1
Article L464-2
Chapter V: Offences relating to investor protection
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency
Article L465-1
Article L465-2
Article L465-3
Article L465-3-1
Article L465-3-2
Section 2: Acquisitions of participating interests
Article L465-4
Chapter VI: Common provisions
Article L466-1
Book V: Service providers
Article L500-1
Title I: Banking services providers
Chapter I: General provisions
Section 1: Definitions and activities
Article L511-1
Article L511-2
Article L511-3
Article L511-4
Article L511-4-1
Section 2: Prohibitions
Article L511-5
Article L511-6
Article L511-7
Article L511-8
Article L511-8-1
Section 3: Conditions for admission to the profession
Subsection 1: Approval
Article L511-9
Article L511-10
Article L511-11
Article L511-12-1
Article L511-12-2
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area
Article L511-21
Article L511-22
Article L511-23
Article L511-24
Article L511-25
Section 4: Professional bodies
Subsection 1: The French Association of Credit Institutions and Investment Firms and other professional bodies
Article L511-29
Subsection 2: Central bodies
Article L511-30
Article L511-31
Article L511-32
Section 5: Professional secrecy
Article L511-33
Article L511-34
Section 6: Accounting provisions
Subsection 1: Company accounts and accounting documents
Article L511-35
Article L511-36
Article L511-37
Subsection 2: Statutory auditors
Article L511-38
Article L511-39
Section 7: Prudential provisions
Article L511-41
Article L511-41-1-A
Article L511-41-1-B
Article L511-41-1-C
Article L511-41-1
Section 8: Governance of credit institutions and finance companies
Subsection 1: Directors
Article L511-51
Article L511-52
Article L511-53
Article L511-53-1
Article L511-54
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control
Article L511-55
Article L511-56
Article L511-57
Article L511-58
Article L511-59
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices
Article L511-71
Article L511-72
Article L511-73
Article L511-74
Article L511-75
Subsection 4: Specialist committees
Paragraph 1: Common provisions
Article L511-89
Article L511-90
Article L511-91
Paragraph 2: Risk Committees
Article L511-92
Article L511-93
Article L511-94
Article L511-95
Article L511-96
Paragraph 3: Appointments committees
Article L511-98
Article L511-99
Article L511-100
Article L511-101
Paragraph 4: Remuneration committees
Article L511-102
Article L511-103
Section 9: Permanent public-interest mission entrusted to a credit institution or finance company
Article L511-104
Section 10: Marketing of structured deposits
Article L511-105
Chapter II: Mutual and cooperative banks
Section 1: General provisions
Article L512-1
Article L512-1-1
Section 2: The banques populaires
Subsection 1: General provisions
Article L512-2
Article L512-3
Article L512-4
Article L512-5
Article L512-6
Subsection 2: The banques populaires network
Article L512-11
Article L512-12
Subsection 3: Miscellaneous provisions
Article L512-13
Section 3: Agricultural credit
Article L512-20
Subsection 1: Caisses de crédit agricole mutuel
Paragraph 1: Organisation
Article L512-21
Article L512-22
Article L512-23
Article L512-24
Article L512-25
Paragraph 2: Operation
Article L512-36
Article L512-37
Article L512-38
Article L512-39
Article L512-40
Paragraph 3: Resources
Article L512-44
Article L512-45
Article L512-46
Subsection 2: The central body of Crédit Agricole
Paragraph 1: Organisation
Article L512-47
Article L512-48
Article L512-49
Paragraph 2: Resources
Article L512-50
Subsection 3: Inspections
Article L512-51
Article L512-52
Article L512-53
Article L512-54
Section 4: Mutual credit
Article L512-55
Article L512-56
Article L512-58
Article L512-59
Section 5: Agricultural and rural credit unions
Article L512-60
Section 6: Cooperative banks
Subsection 1: General provisions
Article L512-61
Article L512-62
Article L512-63
Subsection 2: Board of Directors
Article L512-64
Subsection 3: Government Commissioner
Article L512-65
Subsection 4: Articles of association
Article L512-66
Article L512-67
Section 7: Crédit maritime mutuel
Subsection 1: General provisions
Article L512-68
Article L512-69
Article L512-70
Article L512-72
Article L512-73
Subsection 2: Administration
Article L512-76
Article L512-77
Article L512-78
Article L512-79
Article L512-80
Subsection 3: Statutory auditors
Article L512-82
Subsection 4: Miscellaneous provisions
Article L512-83
Article L512-83-1
Article L512-84
Section 8: The savings bank network
Subsection 1: Tasks
Article L512-85
Subsection 2: The network
Article L512-86
Article L512-86-1
Subsection 3: Savings and provident institutions
Article L512-87
Article L512-88
Article L512-89
Article L512-90
Subsection 4: Local savings companies
Article L512-92
Article L512-93
Subsection 6: Fédération nationale des caisses d'épargne et de prévoyance
Article L512-99
Subsection 8: General provisions
Article L512-102
Article L512-103
Article L512-104
Article L512-105
Section 9: Central body for savings banks and banques populaires
Article L512-106
Article L512-107
Article L512-108
Chapter III: Specialised credit institutions
Section 1: Common provisions
Article L513-1
Section 2: Sociétés de crédit foncier
Subsection 1: Status and purpose
Article L513-2
Subsection 2: Operations
Article L513-3
Article L513-4
Article L513-6
Article L513-7
Article L513-8
Subsection 3: Lien on claims arising from transactions
Article L513-11
Subsection 4: Rules governing the operations of sociétés de crédit foncier (building societies)
Article L513-12
Article L513-13
Article L513-14
Article L513-15
Article L513-16
Subsection 5: Safeguarding, receivership and compulsory liquidation
Article L513-18
Article L513-19
Article L513-20
Article L513-21
Subsection 6: Inspections
Article L513-22
Article L513-23
Article L513-24
Subsection 7: Miscellaneous provisions
Article L513-25
Article L513-26
Article L513-26-1
Article L513-27
Section 3: Housing finance companies
Article L513-28
Article L513-29
Article L513-30
Article L513-31
Article L513-32
Chapter IV: Municipal credit banks
Section 1: Missions
Article L514-1
Section 2: Creation and administration
Article L514-2
Article L514-3
Article L514-4
Chapter V: Finance companies
Section 1: Common provisions
Article L515-1
Article L515-1-1
Section 2: Equipment and property leasing companies
Article L515-2
Section 3: Mutual guarantee companies
Subsection 1: Purpose
Article L515-4
Subsection 2: Articles of association
Article L515-5
Article L515-6
Article L515-7
Subsection 3: Use of funds
Article L515-8
Article L515-9
Subsection 4: Advertising
Article L515-10
Article L515-11
Article L515-12
Section 4: French Development Agency
Article L515-13
Chapter VI: Credit and investment institutions
Article L516-1
Article L516-2
Chapter VII: Financial holding companies, parent companies of finance companies, mixed financial holding companies, financial conglomerates, mixed holding companies, mixed parent companies of finance companies and investment holding companies
Section 1: Definitions
Subsection 1: Financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies
Article L517-1
Subsection 2: Financial conglomerates
Article L517-2
Article L517-3
Article L517-4
Sub-section 3: Mixed holding companies and mixed parent companies of finance companies
Article L517-4-1
Subsection 4: Intermediary parent companies
Article L517-4-2
Subsection 5: Investment holding companies
Article L517-4-3
Section 2: General provisions
Subsection 1: Financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies
Article L517-5
Subsection 2: Financial conglomerates
Article L517-6
Article L517-7
Article L517-8
Article L517-9
Sub-section 3: Mixed holding companies and mixed parent companies of finance companies
Article L517-10
Subsection 4: Intermediary parent companies
Article L517-11
Subsection 5: Investment holding companies
Article L517-11-1
Article L517-11-2
Section 3: Approval of financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies
Article L517-12
Article L517-13
Article L517-14
Article L517-15
Article L517-16
Chapter VIII: Institutions and services authorised to carry out banking transactions
Section 1: General provisions
Article L518-1
Section 2: Caisse des dépôts et consignations
Article L518-2
Article L518-2-1
Article L518-3
Subsection 1: Supervisory Board
Paragraph 1: Composition
Article L518-4
Article L518-5
Article L518-6
Paragraph 2: Tasks
Article L518-7
Article L518-8
Article L518-9
Paragraph 3: Report to Parliament
Article L518-10
Subsection 2: Administration of Caisse des dépôts et consignations
Paragraph 1: The Managing Director
Article L518-11
Article L518-12
Paragraph 2: Accounting management
Article L518-13
Paragraph 3: Officers of the fund and assistance from Treasury accountants
Article L518-14
Paragraph 4: Presentation and certification of accounts
Article L518-15
Paragraph 5: External control
Article L518-15-1
Article L518-15-2
Article L518-15-3
Subsection 3: Appropriation of profits of Caisse des dépôts et consignations
Article L518-16
Subsection 4: Operations
Paragraph 1: Consignments and deposits
Article L518-17
Article L518-18
Article L518-19
Article L518-20
Article L518-21
Paragraph 2: Remuneration of deposits and consignments
Article L518-23
Paragraph 3: Forfeiture rules
Article L518-24
Paragraph 4: Management mandates
Article L518-24-1
Section 3: La Poste
Article L518-25
Article L518-25-1
Chapter IX: Banking and payment services intermediaries
Section 1: Definitions and registration requirements
Article L519-1
Article L519-1-1
Article L519-2
Article L519-3
Article L519-3-1
Section 2: Other conditions of access and practice
Article L519-3-3
Article L519-3-4
Article L519-4
Section 3: Rules of good conduct
Article L519-4-1
Article L519-4-2
Article L519-5
Article L519-6
Article L519-6-1
Section 4: Freedom of establishment or freedom to provide services
Article L519-7
Article L519-8
Article L519-9
Article L519-10
Section 5: Membership and operation of professional associations of banking and payment services intermediaries
Article L519-11
Article L519-12
Article L519-13
Article L519-14
Article L519-15
Title II: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers
Chapter I: Payment service providers
Article L521-1
Article L521-2
Article L521-3
Article L521-3-1
Article L521-3-2
Chapter II: Payment institutions
Section 1: Definition
Article L522-1
Article L522-2
Article L522-3
Article L522-4
Article L522-5
Section 2: Conditions for admission to the profession
Subsection 1: Authorisation of payment institutions
Article L522-6
Article L522-7
Article L522-7-1
Article L522-8
Article L522-9
Subsection 2: Registration of account information service providers
Article L522-11-2
Article L522-11-3
Subsection 3: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area
Article L522-12
Article L522-13
Section 3: Prudential provisions
Article L522-14
Article L522-15
Article L522-15-1
Article L522-16
Article L522-17
Section 4: Professional secrecy, accounting and statutory auditing
Article L522-19
Article L522-20
Chapter III: Agents
Article L523-1
Article L523-2
Article L523-3
Article L523-4
Article L523-5
Chapter IV: Money changers
Article L524-1
Article L524-2
Article L524-3
Article L524-4
Article L524-5
Chapter V: Electronic money issuers
Section 1: General information
Article L525-1
Article L525-2
Article L525-3
Article L525-4
Article L525-5
Section 2: Distribution of electronic money
Article L525-8
Article L525-9
Article L525-10
Article L525-11
Article L525-12
Chapter VI: Electronic money institutions
Section 1: Definitions
Article L526-1
Article L526-2
Article L526-3
Article L526-4
Article L526-5
Section 2: Conditions for admission to the profession
Subsection 1: Approval
Article L526-7
Article L526-8
Article L526-9
Article L526-10
Article L526-11
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area
Article L526-21
Article L526-22
Article L526-23
Article L526-24
Section 3: Prudential provisions
Article L526-27
Article L526-28
Article L526-29
Article L526-30
Article L526-31
Section 4: Professional secrecy, accounting and statutory auditing
Article L526-35
Article L526-36
Article L526-37
Article L526-38
Article L526-39
Title III: Investment services providers
Chapter I: Definitions
Article L531-0
Section 1: General provisions applicable to investment service providers
Article L531-1
Article L531-2
Section 2: Provisions relating to investment firms
Article L531-4
Article L531-5
Article L531-6
Article L531-7
Article L531-8
Section 3: Prohibitions
Article L531-10
Article L531-11
Section 4: Provisions common to investment firms and portfolio management companies relating to professional secrecy
Article L531-12
Chapter II: Conditions for practising the profession
Section 1: Authorisation of investment services providers
Subsection 1: Conditions and procedures for authorisation of investment service providers other than portfolio management companies
Article L532-1
Article L532-2
Article L532-3
Article L532-3-1
Article L532-3-2
Subsection 2: Withdrawal of authorisation and deregistration of investment firms
Article L532-6
Article L532-7
Article L532-8
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to portfolio management companies
Paragraph 1: Approval
Article L532-9
Article L532-9-1
Article L532-9-2
Article L532-9-3
Paragraph 2: Withdrawal of approval and deregistration
Article L532-10
Article L532-11
Article L532-12
Article L532-13
Subsection 4: Representative offices of investment firms
Article L532-14
Article L532-15
Section 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services on the territory of Member States of the European Union or parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (Passports)
Subsection 1: General provisions
Article L532-16
Article L532-17
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services in France (Incoming passport)
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers
Article L532-18
Article L532-18-1
Article L532-18-2
Article L532-19
Article L532-20
Paragraph 2: European UCITS management companies
Article L532-20-1
Article L532-20-2
Article L532-21-2
Paragraph 3: European FIA management companies
Article L532-21-3
Paragraph 4: Miscellaneous provisions
Article L532-22
Subsection 3: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services in the territory of other Member States of the European Union or parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (Outgoing passport)
Paragraph 1: French investment services providers other than portfolio management companies
Article L532-23
Article L532-24
Article L532-24-1-A
Paragraph 2: French UCITS portfolio management companies
Article L532-24-1
Article L532-24-2
Paragraph 3: French FIA portfolio management companies
Article L532-25-1
Paragraph 4: Miscellaneous provisions
Article L532-27
Section 3: Specific rules concerning third countries for the management of FIAs
Subsection 1: General provisions
Article L532-28
Subsection 2: Conditions applicable to management companies
Article L532-29
Subsection 3: Approval of AIFM established in a third country
Article L532-30
Article L532-31
Article L532-32
Article L532-33
Article L532-34
Subsection 4: Responsibility of the competent authorities
Article L532-43
Article L532-44
Article L532-45
Article L532-46
Section 4: Specific rules concerning third-country companies
Article L532-47
Article L532-48
Article L532-49
Article L532-50
Article L532-51
Chapter III: Obligations of investment services providers
Section 1: General provisions common to investment service providers
Article L533-1
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms
Article L533-2
Article L533-2-1
Article L533-2-2
Article L533-2-3
Article L533-3
Section 3: Accounting and reporting requirements applicable to investment services providers
Article L533-5
Article L533-6
Article L533-7
Article L533-8
Article L533-9
Section 4: Organisational rules
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to investment service providers
Article L533-10
Article L533-10-1
Article L533-10-2
Subsection 2: Algorithmic trading activities applicable to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies
Article L533-10-3
Article L533-10-4
Article L533-10-5
Article L533-10-6
Article L533-10-7
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies relating to the provision of direct electronic access to a trading venue
Article L533-10-8
Section 5: Rules of good conduct
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies
Article L533-11
Article L533-12
Article L533-12-1
Article L533-12-2
Article L533-12-3
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to portfolio management companies
Article L533-21
Article L533-22
Article L533-22-1
Article L533-22-2
Article L533-22-2-1
Subsection 3: Special provisions for investment services providers making offers of financial securities via a website
Subsection 4: Special provisions applicable to investment firms
Article L533-22-4
Section 6: Provisions common to investment services providers relating to investor guarantees
Article L533-23
Section 7: Provisions applicable to investment services providers relating to the design and distribution of financial instruments
Article L533-24
Article L533-24-1
Article L533-24-1-1
Section 8: Governance of investment firms
Preliminary sub-section: Scope and transitional provisions relating to the governance of investment firms
Article L533-24-2
Article L533-24-3
Subsection 1: Directors
Article L533-25
Article L533-26
Article L533-27
Article L533-27-1
Article L533-28
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control
Article L533-29
Article L533-29-1
Article L533-29-2
Article L533-29-3
Article L533-29-4
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices
Article L533-30
Article L533-30-1
Article L533-30-2
Article L533-30-3
Article L533-30-4
Subsection 4: Specialist committees
Article L533-31
Article L533-31-1
Article L533-31-2
Article L533-31-3
Article L533-31-4
Section 9: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies relating to systematic internalisers
Article L533-32
Article L533-33
Title IV: Other service providers
Chapter I: Financial investment advisers
Section 1: Definition
Article L541-1
Section 2: Conditions governing access to the business and organisational rules for financial investment advisers
Subsection 1: Conditions for taking up the activity of financial investment adviser
Article L541-2
Article L541-3
Article L541-4
Article L541-4-1
Article L541-5
Subsection 2: Organisational rules
Article L541-8
Section 3: Rules of good conduct
Article L541-8-1
Article L541-9
Article L541-9-1
Chapter II: Intermediaries and persons authorised to administer or hold financial instruments
Article L542-1
Chapter III: Collective investment management companies
Article L543-1
Chapter IV: Investment research, financial analysis and voting advisory services
Article L544-2
Article L544-3
Article L544-4
Article L544-5
Article L544-6
Chapter V: Tied agents
Article L545-1
Article L545-2
Article L545-3
Article L545-4
Article L545-5
Chapter VI: Single registration
Article L546-1
Article L546-2
Article L546-3
Article L546-4
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers
Article L547-1
Article L547-2
Article L547-3
Article L547-4
Article L547-5
Chapter VIII: Participative financing intermediaries
Section 1: Definitions and registration requirements
Article L548-1
Article L548-2
Article L548-3
Section 2: Other conditions of access and practice
Article L548-4
Article L548-5
Section 3: Rules of good conduct and organisation
Article L548-6
Chapter IX: Data communication service providers
Article L549-1
Article L549-2
Chapter X: Digital asset service providers
Article L54-10-1
Article L54-10-2
Article L54-10-3
Article L54-10-4
Article L54-10-5
Title V: Miscellaneous goods intermediaries and token issuers
Chapter I: Miscellaneous goods intermediaries
Article L551-1
Article L551-2
Article L551-3
Article L551-4
Article L551-5
Chapter II: Token issuers
Article L552-1
Article L552-2
Article L552-3
Article L552-4
Article L552-5
Title VI: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, the financing of terrorist activities, prohibited lotteries, gaming and betting and tax evasion and fraud
Chapter I: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing
Section 1: Persons required to report to the public prosecutor
Article L561-1
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing
Article L561-2
Article L561-2-1
Article L561-2-2
Article L561-2-3
Article L561-3
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations
Article L561-4-1
Article L561-5
Article L561-5-1
Article L561-6
Article L561-7
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements
Article L561-15
Article L561-15-1
Article L561-16
Article L561-17
Article L561-18
Section 5: The national financial intelligence unit
Subsection 1: Organisation and mission
Article L561-23
Subsection 2: Powers and prerogatives
Article L561-24
Article L561-25
Article L561-25-1
Article L561-26
Subsection 3: Exchange of information
Article L561-27
Article L561-28
Article L561-29
Article L561-29-1
Article L561-29-2
Subsection 4: Transmission of information
Article L561-30
Article L561-30-1
Article L561-30-2
Article L561-31
Article L561-31-1
Section 6: Procedures and internal control
Article L561-32
Article L561-33
Article L561-34
Article L561-35
Section 7: Control authorities and administrative penalties
Subsection 1: General provisions
Article L561-36
Article L561-36-1
Article L561-36-2
Article L561-36-3
Article L561-36-4
Subsection 2: The National Enforcement Committee
Article L561-37
Article L561-38
Article L561-39
Article L561-40
Article L561-41
Section 8: Indirect right of access to data
Article L561-45
Section 9: Information on beneficial owners
Article L561-45-1
Article L561-45-2
Article L561-46
Article L561-47
Article L561-47-1
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties
Article L562-1
Article L562-2
Article L562-3
Article L562-3-1
Article L562-4
Chapter III: Obligations relating to the fight against prohibited lotteries, games and betting
Article L563-1
Article L563-2
Article L563-3
Article L563-4
Article L563-5
Chapter IV: Obligations relating to the identification of customers, accounts and persons as part of the fight against tax evasion and fraud
Article L564-1
Article L564-2
Title VII: Criminal provisions
Article L570-1
Article L570-2
Chapter I: Provisions relating to banking service providers
Section 1: General provisions
Article L571-1
Article L571-2
Article L571-3
Article L571-4
Article L571-5
Section 2: Mutual or cooperative banks
Subsection 1: The banques populaires
Article L571-10
Subsection 2: The savings bank network
Article L571-11
Section 3: Municipal credit unions
Article L571-12
Section 4: Leasing companies
Article L571-13
Section 5: Financial holding companies, parent companies of finance companies and mixed financial holding companies
Article L571-14
Section 6: Banking intermediaries
Article L571-15
Article L571-16
Chapter II: Payment service providers, manual money changers, electronic money issuers, digital asset service providers and token issuers
Section 1: Manual changers
Article L572-1
Article L572-2
Article L572-3
Article L572-4
Section 2: Payment service providers
Article L572-5
Article L572-6
Article L572-7
Article L572-8
Article L572-9
Section 3: Electronic money issuers
Article L572-13
Article L572-14
Article L572-15
Article L572-16
Article L572-17
Section 4: Digital asset service providers
Article L572-23
Article L572-24
Article L572-25
Article L572-26
Section 5: Token issuers
Article L572-27
Section 6: Promotion of online investment offers
Article L572-28
Chapter III: Provisions relating to investment services providers, financial investment advisers, providers of equity financing services and equity financing intermediaries
Section 1: Provisions relating to investment service providers
Article L573-1
Article L573-1-1
Article L573-2
Article L573-2-1
Article L573-3
Section 2: Provisions relating to financial investment advisers
Article L573-9
Article L573-10
Article L573-11
Section 3: Provisions relating to providers of participative financing services
Article L573-12
Article L573-13
Article L573-14
Section 4: Provisions relating to equity financing intermediaries
Article L573-15
Article L573-16
Article L573-17
Chapter IV: Provisions to combat money laundering and terrorist financing
Article L574-1
Article L574-2
Article L574-3
Article L574-4
Article L574-5
Book VI: Banking and financial institutions
Title I: Institutions responsible for regulation and control
Chapter I: Regulations
Article L611-1
Article L611-1-1
Article L611-1-2
Article L611-1-3
Article L611-2
Chapter II: The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution
Section 1: Tasks and scope of application
Article L612-1
Article L612-2
Article L612-3
Section 2: Composition and operation
Subsection 1: Composition
Article L612-4
Article L612-5
Article L612-6
Article L612-7
Article L612-8
Subsection 2: Organisation
Article L612-12
Article L612-13
Article L612-14
Subsection 3: Operation
Article L612-15
Article L612-15-1
Article L612-16
Article L612-17
Section 3: Operating resources
Article L612-18
Article L612-19
Article L612-20
Section 4: Approvals and changes to shareholdings
Article L612-21
Article L612-22
Section 5: Exercise of control
Article L612-23
Article L612-23-1
Article L612-24
Article L612-25
Article L612-26
Section 6: Administrative police measures
Article L612-30
Article L612-31
Article L612-32
Article L612-33
Article L612-33-1
Section 7: Disciplinary powers
Subsection 1: Disciplinary procedure
Article L612-38
Subsection 2: List of penalties
Article L612-39
Article L612-40
Article L612-41
Article L612-42
Section 8: Relations with the statutory auditors
Article L612-43
Article L612-44
Article L612-45
Section 9: Cooperation
Subsection 1: Cooperation with guarantee funds
Article L612-46
Subsection 2: Coordination of supervision of relations between regulated professions and their clients
Article L612-47
Article L612-48
Article L612-49
Article L612-50
Chapter III: Provisions specific to credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and central counterparties
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis
Subsection 1: Supervision on a consolidated basis by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and college of supervisors
Article L613-20-1
Article L613-20-2
Article L613-20-3
Article L613-20-4
Article L613-20-5
Subsection 2: Supervision on a consolidated basis by a competent authority of another Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area
Article L613-21-1
Article L613-21-2
Article L613-21-3
Article L613-21-4
Article L613-21-5
Section 2: Provisions relating to the treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.
Article L613-24
Article L613-25
Article L613-26
Article L613-27
Article L613-28
Subsection 2: Reorganisation and winding-up measures for credit institutions and investment firms
Article L613-31-1
Article L613-31-2
Article L613-31-3
Article L613-31-4
Article L613-31-5
Section 3: Specific inspection regime
Article L613-32
Article L613-32-1
Article L613-33
Article L613-33-1
Article L613-33-2
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises
Subsection 1: General provisions
Article L613-34
Article L613-34-1
Article L613-34-2
Article L613-34-3
Article L613-34-4
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the preparation, assessment and implementation of preventive recovery plans
Paragraph 1: Common provisions
Article L613-35
Article L613-35-1
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to preventive recovery plans drawn up on an individual basis
Article L613-36
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to group preventive recovery plans
Article L613-37
Article L613-37-1
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to the preparation of preventive resolution plans
Paragraph 1: Common provisions
Article L613-38
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to preventive resolution plans drawn up on an individual basis
Article L613-39
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to preventive group resolution plans
Article L613-40
Article L613-40-1
Paragraph 4: Notifications
Article L613-40-2
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to the analysis of resolvability
Paragraph 1: Common provisions
Article L613-41
Article L613-41-1
Article L613-41-2
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the analysis of resolvability on an individual basis
Article L613-42
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the analysis of the group's resolvability
Article L613-43
Article L613-43-1
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to minimum capital requirements and eligible commitments
Article L613-44
Article L613-44-1
Subsection 6: Provisions specific to the adoption of one or more early intervention measures
Article L613-45
Article L613-45-1
Subsection 7: Provisions relating to the conclusion, assessment and implementation of group financial support agreements
Article L613-46
Article L613-46-1
Article L613-46-2
Article L613-46-3
Article L613-46-4
Subsection 8: Provisions relating to recovery
Article L613-47
Subsection 9: Provisions relating to the adoption and implementation of a measure to reduce and convert own funds instruments
Article L613-48
Article L613-48-1
Article L613-48-2
Article L613-48-3
Article L613-48-4
Subsection 10: Provisions relating to the resolution procedure
Paragraph 1: Conditions for initiating resolution proceedings
Article L613-49
Article L613-49-1
Article L613-49-2
Article L613-49-3
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions
Article L613-50
Article L613-50-1
Article L613-50-2
Article L613-50-3
Article L613-50-4
Sub-paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the administration of the person subject to a resolution procedure
Article L613-51
Article L613-51-1
Article L613-51-2
Sub-paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the transfer of activities
Article L613-52
Article L613-52-1
Article L613-52-2
Article L613-52-3
Article L613-52-4
Sub-paragraph 4: Provisions relating to the setting up of a relay establishment
Article L613-53
Article L613-53-1
Article L613-53-2
Article L613-53-3
Article L613-53-4
Sub-paragraph 5: Provisions relating to the establishment of an asset management structure
Article L613-54
Article L613-54-1
Article L613-54-2
Sub-paragraph 6: Provisions relating to the implementation of an internal bail-out measure
Article L613-55
Article L613-55-1
Article L613-55-2
Article L613-55-3
Article L613-55-4
Sub-paragraph 7: Provisions relating to the implementation of other resolution measures
Article L613-56
Article L613-56-1
Article L613-56-2
Article L613-56-3
Article L613-56-4
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the protection of rights in the context of a resolution procedure
Article L613-57
Article L613-57-1
Article L613-57-2
Paragraph 4: Procedural obligations and rights of appeal
Article L613-58
Article L613-58-1
Subsection 11: Provisions relating to the resolution of transnational groups
Paragraph 1: Provisions relating to the college of resolution authorities and the college of European resolution authorities
Article L613-59
Article L613-59-1
Article L613-59-2
Paragraph 2: Resolution of groups for which the collège de résolution is the consolidated resolution authority
Article L613-60
Article L613-60-1
Article L613-60-2
Paragraph 3: Resolution of groups for which the collège de résolution is an individual resolution authority
Article L613-61
Article L613-61-1
Article L613-61-2
Subsection 12: Provisions relating to relations with the authorities of non-EU Member States in the context of a resolution procedure
Article L613-62
Article L613-62-1
Article L613-62-2
Subsection 13: Final provisions
Article L613-63
Section 5: Implementation of the deposit guarantee and resolution fund
Article L613-64
Article L613-64-1
Article L613-64-2
Section 6: Authorisation for credit institutions and investment firms to bid directly on behalf of their clients at auctions of greenhouse gas emission allowances
Article L613-70
Section 7: Crisis prevention and management measures for central counterparties
Article L613-71
Article L613-72
Article L613-73
Article L613-74
Article L613-75
Chapter IV: Consultative bodies
Section 1: Advisory Committee on the Financial Sector and Advisory Committee on Financial Legislation and Regulation
Article L614-1
Article L614-2
Article L614-3
Chapter V: Other institutions
Section 1: Government auditors and financial activities audit mission
Article L615-1
Title II: The Autorité des marchés financiers
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers
Section 1: Missions
Article L621-1
Section 2: Composition
Article L621-2
Section 3: Operating rules
Article L621-3
Article L621-4
Article L621-5
Article L621-5-1
Article L621-5-2
Section 4: Powers
Subsection 1: Regulations and decisions
Article L621-6
Article L621-7
Article L621-7-1
Article L621-7-2
Subsection 2: Authorisation of certain transactions in financial instruments
Article L621-8
Article L621-8-1
Article L621-8-2
Subsection 2a: Monitoring and surveillance
Article L621-8-4
Subsection 3: Inspections and investigations
Article L621-9
Article L621-9-1
Article L621-9-2
Article L621-9-3
Article L621-10
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures
Article L621-13
Article L621-13-1
Article L621-13-2
Article L621-13-3
Article L621-13-4
Subsection 4a: Administrative composition
Article L621-14-1
Subsection 5: Penalties
Article L621-15
Article L621-15-2
Article L621-16
Article L621-16-1
Article L621-17
Subsection 6: Suspicious transaction reports
Article L621-17-3
Article L621-17-5
Article L621-17-6
Article L621-17-7
Subsection 7: Other powers
Article L621-18
Article L621-18-1
Article L621-18-2
Article L621-18-3
Article L621-18-4
Subsection 8: Cooperation with the Commission de Régulation de l'Energie and the bodies responsible for physical agricultural markets
Article L621-21
Article L621-21-1
Section 5: Relations with the statutory auditors
Article L621-22
Article L621-23
Article L621-24
Article L621-25
Section 6: Appeal procedures
Article L621-30
Article L621-30-1
Section 7: Investment recommendations produced or disseminated as part of a journalistic activity
Article L621-31
Article L621-32
Article L621-33
Article L621-34
Article L621-35
Title III: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation, exchange of information and supplementary supervision of financial conglomerates
Chapter I: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information on national territory.
Section 1: Cooperation and exchanges of information between authorities
Article L631-1
Section 2: The High Council for Financial Stability
Article L631-2
Article L631-2-1
Article L631-2-2
Article L631-2-3
Chapter II: International cooperation and information exchange
Section 1: Provisions concerning monitoring, controls and investigations
Subsection 1: General provisions
Article L632-1-A
Subsection 2: Cooperation and exchanges of information with the authorities of other Member States of the European Union or other States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area
Article L632-1
Article L632-2
Article L632-3
Article L632-4
Article L632-5
Subsection 3: Cooperation and exchange of information with European supervisory and resolution authorities
Article L632-6-1
Article L632-6-2
Article L632-6-3
Subsection 4: Cooperation and exchanges of information with the authorities of States that are not members of the European Union or parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area
Article L632-7
Subsection 5: Provisions specific to the Autorité des marchés financiers
Article L632-8
Article L632-9
Article L632-10
Article L632-11
Article L632-11-1
Subsection 6: Provisions specific to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution
Article L632-11-3
Section 2: Other provisions
Subsection 1: Provisions specific to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution
Article L632-12
Article L632-12-1
Article L632-13
Article L632-13-1
Article L632-14
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to the Autorité des marchés financiers
Article L632-16
Subsection 3: Miscellaneous provisions
Article L632-17
Chapter III: Supplementary supervision of financial conglomerates
Section 1: Identification of financial conglomerates
Article L633-1
Section 2: Appointment of the coordinator
Article L633-2
Section 3: Coordinator's role
Article L633-3
Section 4: Cooperation and exchanges of information for the purposes of supplementary surveillance
Article L633-4
Article L633-5
Article L633-6
Article L633-7
Article L633-7-1
Section 5: Exercise of control
Article L633-8
Article L633-9
Article L633-10
Article L633-11
Section 6: Enforcement measures
Article L633-12
Article L633-13
Section 7: Parent companies having their registered office outside the European Economic Area
Article L633-14
Article L633-15
Chapter IV: Reporting professional misconduct to the competent supervisory authorities and protection of whistleblowers
Article L634-1
Article L634-2
Article L634-3
Article L634-4
Title IV: Criminal provisions
Chapter I: Provisions relating to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution
Article L641-1
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the Autorité des marchés financiers
Article L642-1
Article L642-2
Article L642-3
Book VII: Overseas provisions
Title I: General conditions for the application of Books 1 to VI and European Union law in overseas France
Chapter I: General conditions for the application of Books I to VI in overseas France
Section 1: General conditions of application of the Code in the local authorities governed by Article 73 of the Constitution, in Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
Article L711-1
Article L711-2
Article L711-3
Section 2: General conditions of application of the Code in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands
Article L711-4
Article L711-5
Article L711-6
Section 3: General conditions of application of the Code in the Southern and Antarctic Territories
Article L711-7
Chapter II: Overseas application of the provisions of European Union law on monetary and financial matters
Section 1: Application of the provisions of European Union law to Saint-Barthélemy
Article L712-1
Article L712-2
Article L712-3
Article L712-4
Section 2: Application of the provisions of European Union law to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands
Article L712-5
Article L712-6
Article L712-7
Article L712-8
Article L712-9
Title II: Specific organisation of monetary policy, payment transactions and fund transfers in overseas France
Chapter I: Monetary policy in overseas France
Section 1: Monetary signs
Subsection 1: Circulation of the euro
Article L721-1
Article L721-2
Article L721-3
Subsection 2: Circulation of the Pacific franc
Article L721-4
Article L721-5
Article L721-6
Section 2: Institutes
Subsection 1: The Institut d'émission des départements d'outre-mer (IEDOM)
Paragraph 1: Definitions and missions
Article L721-7
Article L721-8
Article L721-9
Article L721-10
Article L721-11
Paragraph 2: Identification of accounts
Article L721-14
Article L721-15
Article L721-16
Paragraph 3: Basic banking services
Article L721-17
Subsection 2: The Institut d'émission d'outre-mer (French overseas note-issuing bank)
Paragraph 1: Definitions and missions
Article L721-18
Article L721-19
Article L721-20
Article L721-21
Article L721-22
Paragraph 2: Identification of accounts and treatment of overindebtedness
Article L721-24
Article L721-25
Article L721-26
Article L721-27
Chapter II: Payment transactions and transfers of funds in Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands
Section 1: Transactions denominated in euros
Article L722-1
Section 2: Information on the payer and beneficiary accompanying transfers of funds
Subsection 1: Definitions
Article L722-2
Article L722-3
Subsection 2: Transfers of funds
Paragraph 1: Operations concerned
Article L722-4
Article L722-5
Paragraph 2: Reporting obligations
Article L722-6
Article L722-7
Article L722-8
Subsection 3: Obligations of the payer's payment service provider
Article L722-9
Article L722-10
Subsection 4: Obligations of the payee's payment service provider
Article L722-11
Article L722-12
Subsection 5: Obligations of intermediary payment service providers and cooperation obligations
Article L722-13
Article L722-14
Article L722-15
Subsection 6: Data retention and penalties
Article L722-16
Article L722-17
Article L722-18
Article L722-19
Article L722-20
Title III: CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION IN THE OVERSEAS OF THE PROVISIONS OF BOOK I RELATING TO CURRENCY
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY, SAINT-MARTIN AND SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON
Article L731-1
Chapter II: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO NEW CALEDONIA
Section 1: Rules governing the use of currency
Article L732-1
Section 2: Cashless money instruments
Article L732-2
Section 3: Rules applicable to other payment instruments and access to accounts
Article L732-3
Section 4: Stability of the financial system
Article L732-4
Section 5: Foreign financial relations
Article L732-5
Section 6: Criminal provisions
Subsection 1: Offences relating to currency
Article L732-6
Subsection 2: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments
Article L732-7
Subsection 3: Breaches of legislation on financial relations with foreign countries
Article L732-8
Section 7: Administrative penalties
Article L732-9
Chapter III: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO FRENCH POLYNESIA
Section 1: Rules governing the use of currency
Article L733-1
Section 2: Cashless money instruments
Article L733-2
Section 3: Rules applicable to other payment instruments and access to accounts
Article L733-3
Section 4: Stability of the financial system
Article L733-4
Section 5: Foreign financial relations
Article L733-5
Section 6: Criminal provisions
Subsection 1: Offences relating to currency
Article L733-6
Subsection 2: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments
Article L733-7
Subsection 3: Breaches of legislation on financial dealings with foreign countries
Article L733-8
Section 7: Administrative penalties
Article L733-9
Chapter IV: SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS
Section 1: Rules governing the use of currency
Article L734-1
Section 2: Cashless money instruments
Article L734-2
Section 3: Rules applicable to other payment instruments and access to accounts
Article L734-3
Section 4: Stability of the financial system
Article L734-4
Section 5: Foreign financial relations
Article L734-5
Section 6: Criminal provisions
Subsection 1: Offences relating to currency
Article L734-6
Subsection 2: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments
Article L734-7
Subsection 3: Breaches of legislation on financial dealings with foreign countries
Article L734-8
Section 7: Administrative penalties
Article L734-9
Title IV: CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION IN THE OVERSEAS OF THE PROVISIONS OF BOOK II RELATING TO PRODUCTS
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY, SAINT-MARTIN AND SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON
Article L741-1
Article L741-2
Article L741-3
Chapter II: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO NEW CALEDONIA
Section 1: Financial instruments
Subsection 1: Definitions and general rules
Article L742-1
Subsection 2: Equity securities
Article L742-2
Subsection 3: Debt securities
Article L742-3
Paragraph 1: Negotiable debt securities
Article L742-4
Paragraph 2: Obligations
Article L742-5
Subsection 4: Collective investments
Paragraph 1: General provisions
Article L742-6
Paragraph 2: AIFs: marketing procedures, depositaries, valuation, information, participation and control
Article L742-7
Paragraph 3: FIAs open to non-professional investors
Article L742-8
Paragraph 4: FIAs open to professional investors
Article L742-9
Paragraph 5: Funding bodies
Article L742-10
Section 2: Savings products
Subsection 1: Livret A passbook accounts
Article L742-11
Article L742-12
Subsection 2: People's savings plan and savings bonds
Article L742-13
Section 3: Criminal provisions
Subsection 1: Offences relating to savings products
Article L742-14
Subsection 2: Offences relating to financial instruments
Article L742-15
Chapter III: Provisions specific to French Polynesia
Section 1: Financial instruments
Subsection 1: Definitions and general rules
Article L743-1
Subsection 2: Equity securities
Article L743-2
Subsection 3: Debt securities
Article L743-3
Paragraph 1: Negotiable debt securities
Article L743-4
Paragraph 2: Obligations
Article L743-5
Subsection 4: Collective investments
Paragraph 1: General provisions
Article L743-6
Paragraph 2: AIFs: marketing procedures, depositaries, valuation, information, participation and control
Article L743-7
Paragraph 3: FIAs open to non-professional investors
Article L743-8
Paragraph 4: FIAs open to professional investors
Article L743-9
Paragraph 5: Funding bodies
Article L743-10
Section 2: Savings products
Subsection 1: Livret A passbook accounts
Article L743-11
Article L743-12
Subsection 2: People's savings plan and savings bonds
Article L743-13
Section 3: Criminal provisions
Subsection 1: Offences relating to savings products
Article L743-14
Subsection 2: Offences relating to financial instruments
Article L743-15
Chapter IV: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS
Section 1: Financial instruments
Subsection 1: Definitions and general rules
Article L744-1
Subsection 2: Equity securities
Article L744-2
Subsection 3: Debt securities
Article L744-3
Paragraph 1: Negotiable debt securities
Article L744-4
Paragraph 2: Obligations
Article L744-5
Subsection 4: Collective investments
Paragraph 1: General provisions
Article L744-6
Paragraph 2: AIFs: marketing procedures, depositaries, valuation, information, participation and control
Article L744-7
Paragraph 3: FIAs open to non-professional investors
Article L744-8
Paragraph 4: FIAs open to professional investors
Article L744-9
Paragraph 5: Funding bodies
Article L744-10
Section 2: Savings products
Subsection 1: Livret A passbook accounts
Article L744-11
Subsection 2: People's savings plan and savings bonds
Article L744-12
Section 3: Criminal provisions
Subsection 1: Offences relating to savings products
Article L744-13
Subsection 2: Offences relating to financial instruments
Article L744-14
Title V: CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION IN THE OVERSEAS OF THE PROVISIONS OF BOOK III RELATING TO SERVICES
Chapter I: PROVISIONS RELATING TO SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY, SAINT-MARTIN AND SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON
Chapter II: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO NEW CALEDONIA
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money
Subsection 1: General provisions
Article L752-1
Subsection 2: Accounts and deposits
Article L752-2
Subsection 3: Bank charges
Article L752-3
Article L752-4
Section 2: Credits
Subsection 1: General provisions
Article L752-5
Subsection 2: Loan categories
Article L752-6
Subsection 3: Procedures for mobilising trade receivables
Article L752-7
Subsection 4: Guarantor guarantee
Article L752-8
Subsection 5: Borrowings by social housing management bodies
Article L752-9
Section 3: Provisions common to credit institutions, payment institutions and electronic money institutions
Subsection 1: Payment services
Article L752-10
Subsection 2: Issuance and management of electronic money
Article L752-11
Subsection 3: Checks and common provisions
Article L752-12
Section 4: Investment and related services
Subsection 1: General provisions
Article L752-13
Subsection 2: Investor guarantee
Article L752-14
Section 5: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments
Article L752-15
Section 6: Canvassing
Subsection 1: Direct selling of banking services
Article L752-16
Subsection 2: Canvassing for precious metals and banknotes
Article L752-17
Subsection 3: Distance supply of financial services to a consumer
Article L752-18
Section 7: Criminal provisions
Subsection 1: Offences relating to account rights and customer relations
Article L752-19
Subsection 2: Offences relating to the depositors' guarantee fund
Article L752-20
Subsection 3: Canvassing offences
Article L752-21
Chapter III: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO FRENCH POLYNESIA
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money
Subsection 1: General provisions
Article L753-1
Subsection 2: Accounts and deposits
Article L753-2
Subsection 3: Bank charges
Article L753-3
Article L753-4
Section 2: Credits
Subsection 1: General provisions
Article L753-5
Subsection 2: Loan categories
Article L753-6
Subsection 3: Procedures for mobilising trade receivables
Article L753-7
Subsection 4: Guarantor guarantee
Article L753-8
Subsection 5: Borrowings by social housing management bodies
Article L753-9
Section 3: Provisions common to credit institutions, payment institutions and electronic money institutions
Subsection 1: Payment services
Article L753-10
Subsection 2: Issuance and management of electronic money
Article L753-11
Subsection 3: Checks and common provisions
Article L753-12
Section 4: Investment and related services
Subsection 1: General provisions
Article L753-13
Subsection 2: Investor guarantee
Article L753-14
Section 5: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments
Article L753-15
Section 6: Canvassing
Subsection 1: Direct selling of banking services
Article L753-16
Subsection 2: Canvassing for precious metals and banknotes
Article L753-17
Subsection 3: Distance supply of financial services to a consumer
Article L753-18
Section 7: Criminal provisions
Subsection 1: Offences relating to account rights and customer relations
Article L753-19
Subsection 2: Offences relating to the depositors' guarantee fund
Article L753-20
Subsection 3: Canvassing offences
Article L753-21
Chapter IV: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money
Subsection 1: General provisions
Article L754-1
Subsection 2: Accounts and deposits
Article L754-2
Section 2: Credits
Subsection 1: General provisions
Article L754-3
Subsection 2: Loan categories
Article L754-4
Article L754-5
Subsection 3: Procedures for mobilising trade receivables
Article L754-6
Subsection 4: Guarantor guarantee
Article L754-7
Section 3: Provisions common to credit institutions, payment institutions and electronic money institutions
Subsection 1: Payment services
Article L754-8
Subsection 2: Issuance and management of electronic money
Article L754-9
Subsection 3: Ombudsman
Article L754-10
Subsection 4: Checks and common provisions
Article L754-11
Section 4: Investment and related services
Subsection 1: General provisions
Article L754-12
Subsection 2: Investor guarantee
Article L754-13
Section 5: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments
Article L754-14
Section 6: Canvassing
Subsection 1: Direct selling of banking services
Article L754-15
Subsection 2: Canvassing for precious metals and banknotes
Article L754-16
Subsection 3: Distance supply of financial services to a consumer
Article L754-17
Section 7: Criminal provisions
Subsection 1: Offences relating to account rights and customer relations
Article L754-18
Subsection 2: Offences relating to the depositors' guarantee fund
Article L754-19
Subsection 3: Canvassing offences
Article L754-20
Title VI : CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION IN THE OVERSEAS OF THE PROVISIONS OF BOOK IV RELATING TO MARKETS
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY, SAINT-MARTIN AND SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON, NEW CALEDONIA, FRENCH POLYNESIA AND THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS
Article L761-1
Chapter II: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO NEW CALEDONIA
Section 1: Operations
Subsection 1: Definition and scope of application
Article L762-1
Subsection 2: General provisions
Article L762-2
Section 2: Trading platforms
Subsection 1: Common provisions
Article L762-3
Subsection 2: French regulated markets
Article L762-4
Subsection 3: Multilateral trading facilities
Article L762-5
Subsection 4: Organised trading systems
Article L762-6
Section 3: Trading in financial instruments
Article L762-7
Section 4: Clearing houses and central depositories
Subsection 1: Clearing houses
Article L762-8
Subsection 2: Central depositories
Article L762-9
Section 5: Investor protection
Subsection 1: Market transparency
Article L762-10
Subsection 2: Defence of investors
Article L762-11
Section 6: Criminal provisions
Subsection 1: Offences relating to market undertakings and clearing houses
Article L762-12
Subsection 2: Offences relating to investor protection
Article L762-13
Subsection 3: Common provisions and shareholdings
Article L762-14
Chapter III: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO FRENCH POLYNESIA
Section 1: Operations
Subsection 1: Definition and scope of application
Article L763-1
Subsection 2: General provisions
Article L763-2
Section 2: Trading platforms
Subsection 1: Common provisions
Article L763-3
Subsection 2: French regulated markets
Article L763-4
Subsection 3: Multilateral trading facilities
Article L763-5
Subsection 4: Organised trading systems
Article L763-6
Section 3: Trading in financial instruments
Article L763-7
Section 4: Clearing houses and central depositories
Subsection 1: Clearing houses
Article L763-8
Subsection 2: Central depositories
Article L763-9
Section 5: Investor protection
Subsection 1: Market transparency
Article L763-10
Subsection 2: Defence of investors
Article L763-11
Section 6: Criminal provisions
Subsection 1: Offences relating to market undertakings and clearing houses
Article L763-12
Subsection 2: Offences relating to investor protection
Article L763-13
Subsection 3: Common provisions and shareholdings
Article L763-14
Chapter IV: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS
Section 1: Operations
Subsection 1: Definition and scope of application
Article L764-1
Subsection 2: General provisions
Article L764-2
Section 2: Trading platforms
Subsection 1: Common provisions
Article L764-3
Subsection 2: French regulated markets
Article L764-4
Subsection 3: Multilateral trading facilities
Article L764-5
Subsection 4: Organised trading systems
Article L764-6
Section 3: Trading in financial instruments
Article L764-7
Section 4: Clearing houses and central depositories
Subsection 1: Clearing houses
Article L764-8
Subsection 2: Central depositories
Article L764-9
Section 5: Investor protection
Subsection 1: Market transparency
Article L764-10
Subsection 2: Defence of investors
Article L764-11
Section 6: Criminal provisions
Subsection 1: Offences relating to market undertakings and clearing houses
Article L764-12
Subsection 2: Offences relating to investor protection
Article L764-13
Subsection 3: Common provisions and shareholdings
Article L764-14
Title VII : CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION IN THE OVERSEAS OF THE PROVISIONS OF BOOK V RELATING TO SERVICE PROVIDERS
Chapter I: SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION IN SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON, NEW CALEDONIA, FRENCH POLYNESIA AND THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS
Article L771-1
Article L771-2
Article L771-3
Chapter II: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY, SAINT-MARTIN AND SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON
Section 1: Provisions specific to Saint-Barthélemy
Article L772-1
Article L772-2
Article L772-3
Article L772-4
Section 2: Provisions specific to Saint-Martin
Article L772-5
Section 3: Provisions specific to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
Subsection 1: Authorisation of credit institutions by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution
Article L772-6
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide banking services
Article L772-7
Article L772-8
Subsection 3: Tax fraud, combating money laundering and terrorist financing
Article L772-9
Article L772-10
Chapter III: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO NEW CALEDONIA
Section 1: Prohibition
Article L773-1
Section 2: Banking service providers
Subsection 1: General provisions
Paragraph 1: Definitions, activities and prohibitions
Article L773-2
Paragraph 2: Conditions for admission to the profession
Article L773-3
Paragraph 3: Professional bodies and professional secrecy
Article L773-4
Paragraph 4: Accounting and prudential provisions
Article L773-5
Paragraph 5: Governance of credit institutions and finance companies
Article L773-6
Paragraph 6: Public-interest mission and marketing of structured deposits
Article L773-7
Subsection 2: Savings bank network
Article L773-8
Subsection 3: Specialised credit institutions
Article L773-9
Subsection 4: Finance companies and the Agence française de développement
Article L773-10
Subsection 5: Credit and investment institutions
Article L773-11
Subsection 6: Financial holding companies, parent companies of finance companies and investment holding companies
Article L773-12
Subsection 7: Institutions and services authorised to carry out banking transactions
Paragraph 1: General provisions
Article L773-13
Paragraph 2: Caisse des dépôts et consignations
Article L773-14
Subsection 8: Banking and payment services intermediaries
Article L773-15
Section 3: Financial services of the Post and Telecommunications Office
Subsection 1: General provisions
Article L773-16
Subsection 2: Postal cheques and payment cards
Article L773-17
Article L773-18
Subsection 3: Postal order
Article L773-19
Subsection 4: Cash on delivery
Article L773-20
Section 4: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers
Subsection 1: Payment service providers
Article L773-21
Subsection 2: Payment institutions
Article L773-22
Subsection 3: Agents
Article L773-23
Subsection 4: Manual money changers
Article L773-24
Subsection 5: Electronic money issuers
Article L773-25
Subsection 6: Electronic money institutions
Article L773-26
Section 5: Investment service providers
Subsection 1: Definitions
Article L773-27
Subsection 2: General provisions
Article L773-28
Subsection 3: Conditions for admission to the profession
Article L773-29
Subsection 4: Obligations of investment service providers
Article L773-30
Section 6: Other service providers
Subsection 1: Financial investment advisers
Article L773-31
Subsection 2: Intermediaries or persons authorised to hold financial instruments in custody
Article L773-32
Subsection 3: Collective investment management companies
Article L773-33
Subsection 4: Investment research, financial analysis and voting advisory services
Article L773-34
Subsection 5: Related agents
Article L773-35
Subsection 6: Single registration
Article L773-36
Subsection 7: Participatory finance service providers
Article L773-37
Subsection 8: Participative finance intermediaries
Article L773-38
Subsection 9: Data communication service providers
Article L773-39
Subsection 10: Digital asset service providers
Article L773-40
Section 7: Miscellaneous goods intermediaries and token issuers
Article L773-41
Section 8: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, terrorist financing, the freezing of assets and prohibited lotteries and games
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing
Article L773-42
Subsection 2: Freezing of assets and prohibition on making assets available to third parties
Article L773-43
Subsection 3: Prohibited games and lotteries
Article L773-44
Section 9: Criminal provisions
Subsection 1: General provisions
Article L773-45
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to non-compliance with disqualifications imposed on service providers
Article L773-46
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to banking service providers
Article L773-47
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to payment service providers, manual money changers, electronic money issuers, digital asset service providers and token issuers
Article L773-48
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to investment services providers, financial investment advisers, providers of participative financing services and participative investment intermediaries
Article L773-49
Subsection 6: Provisions to combat money laundering and terrorist financing
Article L773-50
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO FRENCH POLYNESIA
Section 1: Prohibition
Article L774-1
Section 2: Banking service providers
Subsection 1: General provisions
Paragraph 1: Definitions, activities and prohibitions
Article L774-2
Paragraph 2: Conditions for admission to the profession
Article L774-3
Paragraph 3: Professional bodies and professional secrecy
Article L774-4
Paragraph 4: Accounting and prudential provisions
Article L774-5
Paragraph 5: Governance of credit institutions and finance companies
Article L774-6
Paragraph 6: Public-interest mission and marketing of structured deposits
Article L774-7
Subsection 2: Savings bank network
Article L774-8
Subsection 3: Specialised credit institutions
Article L774-9
Subsection 4: Finance companies and Agence française de développement
Article L774-10
Subsection 5: Credit and investment institutions
Article L774-11
Subsection 6: Financial holding companies, parent companies of finance companies and investment holding companies
Article L774-12
Subsection 7: Institutions and services authorised to carry out banking transactions
Paragraph 1: General provisions
Article L774-13
Paragraph 2: Caisse des dépôts et consignations
Article L774-14
Subsection 8: Banking and payment services intermediaries
Article L774-15
Section 3: Financial services of the Post and Telecommunications Office
Subsection 1: General provisions
Article L774-16
Subsection 2: Postal cheques and payment cards
Article L774-17
Article L774-18
Subsection 3: Postal order
Article L774-19
Subsection 4: Cash on delivery
Article L774-20
Section 4: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers
Subsection 1: Payment service providers
Article L774-21
Subsection 2: Payment institutions
Article L774-22
Subsection 3: Agents
Article L774-23
Subsection 4: Manual money changers
Article L774-24
Subsection 5: Electronic money issuers
Article L774-25
Subsection 6: Electronic money institutions
Article L774-26
Section 5: Investment service providers
Subsection 1: Definitions
Article L774-27
Subsection 2: General provisions
Article L774-28
Subsection 3: Conditions for admission to the profession
Article L774-29
Subsection 4: Obligations of investment service providers
Article L774-30
Section 6: Other service providers
Subsection 1: Financial investment advisers
Article L774-31
Subsection 2: Intermediaries or persons authorised to hold financial instruments in custody
Article L774-32
Subsection 3: Collective investment management companies
Article L774-33
Subsection 4: Investment research, financial analysis and voting advisory services
Article L774-34
Subsection 5: Tied agents
Article L774-35
Subsection 6: Single registration
Article L774-36
Subsection 7: Participatory finance service providers
Article L774-37
Subsection 8: Participative finance intermediaries
Article L774-38
Subsection 9: Data communication service providers
Article L774-39
Subsection 10: Digital asset service providers
Article L774-40
Section 7: Miscellaneous goods intermediaries and token issuers
Article L774-41
Section 8: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, terrorist financing, the freezing of assets and prohibited lotteries and games
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing
Article L774-42
Subsection 2: Freezing of assets and prohibition on making assets available to third parties
Article L774-43
Subsection 3: Prohibited games and lotteries
Article L774-44
Section 9: Criminal provisions
Subsection 1: General provisions
Article L774-45
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to non-compliance with disqualifications imposed on service providers
Article L774-46
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to banking service providers
Article L774-47
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to payment service providers, manual money changers, electronic money issuers, digital asset service providers and token issuers
Article L774-48
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to investment services providers, financial investment advisers, providers of participative financing services and participative investment intermediaries
Article L774-49
Subsection 6: Provisions to combat money laundering and terrorist financing
Article L774-50
Chapter V: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS
Section 1: Prohibition
Article L775-1
Section 2: Banking service providers
Subsection 1: General provisions
Paragraph 1: Definitions, activities and prohibitions
Article L775-2
Paragraph 2: Conditions for admission to the profession
Article L775-3
Paragraph 3: Professional bodies and professional secrecy
Article L775-4
Paragraph 4: Accounting and prudential provisions
Article L775-5
Paragraph 5: Governance of credit institutions and finance companies
Article L775-6
Paragraph 6: Public-interest mission and marketing of structured deposits
Article L775-7
Subsection 2: Specialised credit institutions
Article L775-8
Subsection 3: Finance companies and Agence française de développement
Article L775-9
Subsection 4: Investment credit institutions
Article L775-10
Subsection 5: Financial holding companies, parent companies of finance companies and investment holding companies
Article L775-11
Subsection 6: Institutions and services authorised to carry out banking transactions
Paragraph 1: General provisions
Article L775-12
Paragraph 2: Caisse des dépôts et consignations
Article L775-13
Subsection 7: Banking and payment services intermediaries
Article L775-14
Section 3: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers
Subsection 1: Payment service providers
Article L775-15
Subsection 2: Payment institutions
Article L775-16
Subsection 3: Agents
Article L775-17
Subsection 4: Manual money changers
Article L775-18
Subsection 5: Electronic money issuers
Article L775-19
Subsection 6: Electronic money institutions
Article L775-20
Section 4: Investment services providers
Subsection 1: Definitions
Article L775-21
Subsection 2: General provisions
Article L775-22
Subsection 3: Conditions for admission to the profession
Article L775-23
Subsection 4: Obligations of investment service providers
Article L775-24
Section 5: Other service providers
Subsection 1: Financial investment advisers
Article L775-25
Subsection 2: Intermediaries or persons authorised to hold financial instruments in custody
Article L775-26
Subsection 3: Collective investment management companies
Article L775-27
Subsection 4: Investment research, financial analysis and voting advisory services
Article L775-28
Subsection 5: Related agents
Article L775-29
Subsection 6: Single registration
Article L775-30
Subsection 7: Participatory finance service providers
Article L775-31
Subsection 8: Participative finance intermediaries
Article L775-32
Subsection 9: Data communication service providers
Article L775-33
Subsection 10: Digital asset service providers
Article L775-34
Section 6: Miscellaneous goods intermediaries and token issuers
Article L775-35
Section 7: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, terrorist financing, the freezing of assets and prohibited lotteries and games
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing
Article L775-36
Subsection 2: Freezing of assets and prohibition on making assets available to third parties
Article L775-37
Subsection 3: Prohibited games and lotteries
Article L775-38
Section 8: Criminal provisions
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to non-compliance with disqualifications imposed on service providers
Article L775-39
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to banking service providers
Article L775-40
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to payment service providers, manual money changers, electronic money issuers, digital asset service providers and token issuers
Article L775-41
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to investment services providers, financial investment advisers, providers of participative financing services and participative investment intermediaries
Article L775-42
Subsection 5: Provisions to combat money laundering and terrorist financing
Article L775-43
Title VIII: CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION IN THE OVERSEAS OF THE PROVISIONS OF BOOK VI RELATING TO BANKING AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter I: SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION IN SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON, NEW CALEDONIA, FRENCH POLYNESIA AND THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS
Article L781-1
Article L781-2
Article L781-3
Chapter II: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY AND SAINT-MARTIN
Chapter III: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO NEW CALEDONIA
Section 1: Institutions responsible for regulation and control
Subsection 1: Regulations
Article L783-1
Subsection 2: Prudential control and resolution authority
Article L783-2
Article L783-3
Subsection 3: Provisions specific to credit institutions, investment firms, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions
Article L783-4
Subsection 4: Consultative and other institutions
Paragraph 1: Financial sector advisory committees
Article L783-5
Paragraph 2: Other institutions
Article L783-6
Section 2: Autorité des marchés financiers
Subsection 1: Tasks, composition and operating rules
Article L783-7
Subsection 2: Powers
Article L783-8
Subsection 3: Penalties and suspicious transaction reports
Article L783-9
Subsection 4: Other powers
Article L783-10
Subsection 5: Relations with the statutory auditors
Article L783-11
Subsection 6: Appeal procedures
Article L783-12
Section 3: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information
Subsection 1: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information on national territory
Article L783-13
Subsection 2: Cooperation and exchanges of information with foreign countries
Article L783-14
Subsection 3: Reporting professional misconduct to the competent supervisory authorities and protection of whistleblowers
Article L783-15
Section 4: Criminal provisions
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution
Article L783-16
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the Autorité des marchés financiers
Article L783-17
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO FRENCH POLYNESIA
Section 1: Institutions responsible for regulation and control
Subsection 1: Regulations
Article L784-1
Subsection 2: Prudential control and resolution authority
Article L784-2
Article L784-3
Subsection 3: Provisions specific to credit institutions, investment firms, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions
Article L784-4
Subsection 4: Consultative and other institutions
Paragraph 1: Financial sector advisory committees
Article L784-5
Paragraph 2: Other institutions
Article L784-6
Section 2: Autorité des marchés financiers
Subsection 1: Tasks, composition and operating rules
Article L784-7
Subsection 2: Powers
Article L784-8
Subsection 3: Penalties and suspicious transaction reports
Article L784-9
Subsection 4: Other powers
Article L784-10
Subsection 5: Relations with the statutory auditors
Article L784-11
Subsection 6: Appeal procedures
Article L784-12
Section 3: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information
Subsection 1: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information on national territory
Article L784-13
Subsection 2: Cooperation and exchanges of information with foreign countries
Article L784-14
Subsection 3: Reporting professional misconduct to the competent supervisory authorities and protection of whistleblowers
Article L784-15
Section 4: Criminal provisions
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution
Article L784-16
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the Autorité des marchés financiers
Article L784-17
Chapter V: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS
Section 1: Institutions responsible for regulation and control
Subsection 1: Regulations
Article L785-1
Subsection 2: Prudential control and resolution authority
Article L785-2
Subsection 3: Provisions specific to credit institutions, investment firms, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions
Article L785-3
Subsection 4: Consultative and other institutions
Paragraph 1: Financial sector advisory committees
Article L785-4
Paragraph 2: Other institutions
Article L785-5
Section 2: The Autorité des marchés financiers
Subsection 1: Tasks, composition and operating rules
Article L785-6
Subsection 2: Powers
Article L785-7
Subsection 3: Penalties and suspicious transaction reports
Article L785-8
Subsection 4: Other powers
Article L785-9
Subsection 5: Relations with the statutory auditors
Article L785-10
Subsection 6: Appeal procedures
Article L785-11
Section 3: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information
Subsection 1: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information on national territory
Article L785-12
Subsection 2: Cooperation and exchanges of information with foreign countries
Article L785-13
Subsection 3: Reporting professional misconduct to the competent supervisory authorities and protection of whistleblowers
Article L785-14
Section 4: Criminal provisions
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution
Article L785-15
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the Autorité des marchés financiers
Article L785-16
Regulatory part
Book I: Money
Title I: General provisions
Chapter I: The monetary unit.
Chapter II: Rules governing the use of currency.
Section 1: Indexing.
Article D112-1
Article D112-2
Section 2: Power of discharge.
Article R112-2
Section 3: Prohibition on cash payment of certain claims
Article D112-3
Article R112-5
Section 4: Method of payment of wages.
Section 5: Provision of cash as part of a payment transaction
Article D112-6
Article R112-7
Title II: Banknotes and coins
Chapter I: Metallic coins.
Section 1: Metal parts.
Article D121-1
Article D121-2
Article R121-3
Article R121-4
Section 2: La Monnaie de Paris
Subsection 1: General provisions.
Article R121-5
Article R121-6
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation.
Article R121-7
Article R121-8
Article R121-9
Article R121-10
Article R121-11
Subsection 3: Financial and accounting system.
Article R121-16
Article R121-17
Article R121-18
Article R121-19
Article R121-20
Chapter II: Banknotes.
Article R122-1
Article D122-2
Article D122-3
Article R122-4
Article R122-5
Chapter III: Common provisions.
Article R123-1
Article R123-2
Article R123-3
Title III: Cashless money instruments
Chapter I: Bank cheques
Section 1: General provisions.
Article R131-1
Article R131-1-1
Section 2: Creation and form of cheque.
Article R131-2
Section 3: Transmission.
Section 4: Downstream.
Section 5: Presentation and payment.
Subsection 1: Submission deadlines and payment deadlines.
Article R131-3
Article R131-4
Subsection 2: Verification procedures with the Banque de France.
Article R131-5
Article R131-6
Article R131-7
Article R131-8
Article R131-9
Section 6: Crossed cheques.
Section 7: Remedies in the event of non-payment.
Section 8: Issuing cheques in several copies.
Section 9: Alteration.
Section 10: Limitation period.
Section 11: Protest.
Article R131-10
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties
Subsection 1: Recording by bankers of cheque payment incidents due to insufficient funds.
Article R131-11
Article R131-12
Article R131-13
Article R131-14
Subsection 2: Injunction and regularisation
Article R131-15
Article R131-16
Article R131-17
Article R131-18
Article R131-20
Subsection 3: Notification to the Banque de France of payment incidents and regularisations.
Article R131-26
Article R131-27
Article R131-28
Article R131-29
Article R131-30
Subsection 4: Notification to the Banque de France of closed accounts and theft or loss of cheque forms.
Article R131-32
Subsection 5: Prohibition on issuing cheques ordered by the criminal court.
Article R131-33
Subsection 6: Notification to the Banque de France of breaches of cheque-writing bans.
Article R131-34
Article R131-35
Article R131-36
Article R131-37
Subsection 7: Information to the judicial authorities by the Banque de France.
Article R131-38
Article R131-39
Article R131-40
Article R131-41
Subsection 8: Information provided by the Banque de France to bankers, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.
Article R131-42
Article R131-43
Article R131-44
Article R131-45
Subsection 9: Miscellaneous provisions.
Article R131-46
Article R131-47
Article R131-48
Article R131-49
Article R131-50
Chapter II: Bills of exchange and promissory notes
Chapter III: Rules applicable to other payment instruments
Section 1: Scope and definitions
Section 2: Authorisation of a payment transaction
Article D133-1
Section 3: Conditions for executing a payment transaction
Article D133-2
Section 4: Execution time for payment transactions and value dates
Section 5: Obligations of the parties with regard to payment instruments
Article D133-3
Section 6: Disputes and liability in the event of an unauthorised payment transaction
Section 7: Liability in the event of an incorrectly executed payment transaction
Article D133-4
Section 8: Practical procedures and deadlines in the event of unauthorised or incorrectly executed payment transactions
Section 9: Reimbursement of a payment transaction ordered by the payee or by the payer who gives a payment order via the payee
Section 10: Applicable charges
Article D133-5
Article D133-6
Section 11: Instruments reserved for small-value payments
Article D133-7
Section 12: Access to payment accounts
Article D133-8
Article D133-9
Article D133-10
Article D133-11
Article D133-12
Chapter IV: Bills of exchange and promissory notes
Title IV: The Banque de France
Chapter I: Missions.
Section 1: Fundamental missions.
Article R141-1
Article R141-2
Section 2: Other missions of general interest and other activities.
Chapter II: Organisation of the Bank.
Section 1: Status of the Banque de France.
Section 2: The General Council.
Subsection 1: Composition of the General Council.
Article R142-1
Subsection 2: Operation of the General Council.
Article R142-2
Article R142-3
Article R142-4
Article R142-5
Subsection 3: Election and remuneration of the employee representative.
Article R142-6
Article R142-7
Article R142-8
Article R142-9
Article R142-10
Section 4: The Governor and Deputy Governors.
Article R142-19
Article R142-20
Section 5: Bank staff.
Article R142-21
Article R142-21-1
Section 6: Branches.
Section 7: Payment Security Observatory
Article R142-22
Article R142-23
Article R142-24
Article R142-25
Article R142-26
Chapter III: Report to the President of the Republic - Parliamentary scrutiny
Chapter IV: Miscellaneous provisions
Section 1: Budgetary and financial provisions
Subsection 1: Rules relating to the budget.
Article R144-1
Article R144-2
Subsection 2: Approval of the accounts.
Article R144-3
Article R144-4
Section 2: Accounting of the Banque de France
Subsection 1: Accounting rules.
Article R144-5
Article R144-6
Article R144-7
Subsection 2: Statutory Auditor.
Article R144-8
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions.
Article R144-10
Article R144-11
Article D144-12
Article R144-13
Article R144-14
Title V: Financial relations with foreign countries
Chapter I: Foreign investment subject to authorisation
Section 1: Definitions and scope of application
Article R151-1
Article R151-2
Article R151-3
Section 2: Procedure
Subsection 1: Prior application for examination of an activity
Article R151-4
Subsection 2: Examination of an application for authorisation
Article R151-5
Article R151-6
Article R151-7
Article R151-8
Article R151-9
Section 3: Enforcement and sanctions
Article R151-12
Article R151-13
Article R151-14
Article R151-15
Section 4: Common provisions
Article R151-16
Article R151-17
Chapter II: Reporting obligations.
Section 1: Statistical declarations for the compilation of France's balance of payments and international investment position.
Article R152-1
Article R152-2
Article R152-3
Section 3: Transfers of sums, securities or assets.
Article R152-6
Article R152-7
Article D152-8
Article R152-9
Article R152-10
Section 4: Definitions
Article R152-11
Chapter III: Assets of foreign central banks
Title VI: Criminal provisions
Chapter I: Offences relating to the prohibition on cash payment of certain debts.
Chapter II: Offences relating to currency.
Article R162-1
Article R162-2
Article R162-3
Article R162-4
Article R162-5
Chapter III: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments
Article R163-1
Article R163-2
Article R163-3
Chapter IV: Offences concerning the Banque de France.
Chapter V: Breaches of legislation on financial relations with foreign countries
Article R165-1
Article R165-2
Book II: Products
Title I: Financial instruments
Chapter I: Definition and general rules.
Section 1: Definitions.
Article D211-1 A
Section 2: Financial securities.
Subsection 1: Terms and conditions of issue.
Subsection 2: Registration of financial securities
Article R211-1
Article R211-2
Article R211-3
Article R211-4
Article R211-5
Subsection 3: Transmission.
Subsection 4: Pledging of securities accounts and securities
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the different types of pledge
Article D211-10
Article D211-11
Article D211-12
Article D211-13
Article D211-14
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to pledges of securities registered in a shared electronic recording device
Article R211-14-1
Subsection 5: Special forms of transmission.
Paragraph 1: Adjudication.
Paragraph 2: Securities lending.
Paragraph 3: Pension.
Article D211-15
Section 3: Financial contracts.
Section 4: Common rules applicable to transactions in financial instruments.
Section 5: Foreign financial instruments.
Chapter II: Capital securities.
Section 1: Shares.
Subsection 1: Shares for cash and contributions.
Subsection 2: Mandatory registered shares.
Subsection 3: Preference shares.
Article R212-1
Subsection 4: Provisions applicable to categories of securities in the process of extinction.
Article R212-2
Article R212-3
Section 2: Other securities giving or that may give access to the capital or voting rights.
Article R212-4
Section 3: Special employee share ownership schemes.
Subsection 1: Employee profit-sharing and incentive schemes.
Article R212-5
Article R212-6
Subsection 2: Capital increases.
Article R212-7
Subsection 3: Stock options.
Article R212-8
Subsection 4: Business creators' share warrants.
Chapter III: Debt securities.
Section 1: Negotiable debt securities.
Article D213-0-1
Subsection 1: Conditions for the issue of negotiable debt securities.
Article D213-1
Article D213-2
Article D213-3
Article D*213-4
Article D213-5
Subsection 2: Rules applicable to certain issuers.
Article D213-8
Subsection 3: Financial documentation and statistical information.
Article D213-9
Article D213-10
Article D213-11
Article D213-12
Article D213-13
Section 2: Obligations.
Subsection 1: General rules.
Article R213-15
Article R213-16
Article R213-16-1
Subsection 2: Bonds issued by economic interest groupings.
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.
Article D213-17
Article D213-18
Article D213-19
Article D213-20
Article R213-21
Section 3: Securities issued by the State.
Subsection 1: Government bonds.
Subsection 2: Treasury bills.
Section 4: Equity securities.
Article D213-26
Article D213-27
Article R213-28
Article R213-29
Chapter IV: Collective investments.
Article D214-0
Section 1: UCITS.
Article D214-1
Subsection 1: General rules governing undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities
Article R214-2
Subsection 2: Operating rules
Article D214-3
Article R214-4
Article D214-5
Article D214-6
Article D214-7
Subsection 3: Investment rules
Paragraph 1: General rules governing the composition of assets
Article R214-9
Article R214-10
Article R214-11
Article R214-12
Article R214-13
Paragraph 2: Rules applicable to financial contracts, temporary acquisitions and sales of financial instruments and guarantees
Article R214-15
Article R214-15-1
Article R214-15-2
Article R214-16
Article R214-17
Paragraph 3: Investment ratios
Article R214-21
Article R214-22
Article D214-22-1
Article R214-23
Article R214-24
Paragraph 4: Calculation of overall risk
Article R214-30
Subsection 4: Master and feeder undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities
Article R214-31
Article R214-31-1
Subsection 5: Investor information
Article D214-31-2
Section 2: FIA.
Subsection 1: Common provisions.
Paragraph 1: AIF marketing and pre-marketing procedures.
Article D214-32
Article D214-32-1
Article D214-32-2
Article D214-32-3
Article D214-32-4
Paragraph 2: Custodian.
Article D214-32-4-2
Paragraph 3: Assessment.
Paragraph 4: Information.
Article D214-32-5
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control.
Article D214-32-6
Article D214-32-7
Article D214-32-7-1
Article D214-32-7-2
Article D214-32-7-3
Subsection 2: Funds open to non-professional investors.
Paragraph 1: General-purpose investment funds.
Sub-paragraph 1: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds.
Article R214-32-9
Sub-paragraph 2: Operating rules.
Article D214-32-10
Article R214-32-11
Article D214-32-12
Article D214-32-13
Article D214-32-14
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.
Article R214-32-16
Article R214-32-17
Article R214-32-18
Article R214-32-19
Article R214-32-20
Sub-paragraph 4: Investor information.
Article D214-33
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.
Article R214-34
Article D214-34-1
Sub-paragraph 1: Fonds commun de placement à risques.
Article R214-35
Article R214-36
Article R214-36-1
Article R214-37
Article R214-38
Sub-paragraph 2: Innovation mutual funds.
Article R214-47
Article R214-48
Article R214-48-1
Article R214-49
Article R214-50
Sub-paragraph 3: Local investment funds.
Article R214-65
Article R214-66
Article R214-66-1
Article R214-67
Article R214-68
Sub-paragraph 4: Management and marketing fees and commissions borne by subscribers of units in mutual funds mentioned in 1 of VI, VI bis and VI ter of article 199 terdecies-0 A of the French General Tax Code and in 1 of III of article 885-0 Va of the same code.
Article D214-80
Article D214-80-1
Article D214-80-2
Article D214-80-3
Article D214-80-4
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.
Article R214-81
Article R214-82
Article R214-83
Article R214-84
Article R214-85
Sub-paragraph 2: Special rules relating to sociétés de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable.
Article R214-129
Sub-paragraph 3: Special rules relating to real estate investment funds.
Sub-paragraph 4: Undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities.
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)
Sub-paragraph 1: General scheme.
Article R214-130
Article R214-131
Article R214-132
Article R214-133
Article R214-134
Sub-paragraph 2: Subscription of shares.
Sub-paragraph 3: Management.
Sub-paragraph 4: General Meeting.
Article R214-136
Article R214-137
Article R214-138
Article R214-139
Article R214-140
Sub-paragraph 5: Accounting provisions.
Article R214-150
Article R214-151
Sub-paragraph 6: Merger.
Article R214-152
Article R214-153
Article R214-154
Sub-paragraph 7: Rules of good conduct.
Sub-paragraph 8: Special provisions for non-trading property investment companies.
Article R214-155
Article R214-155-1
Article R214-156
Article R214-156-1
Article R214-156-2
Sub-paragraph 9: Special provisions for forestry savings companies governed by Article L. 214-121.
Article R214-161
Article R214-162
Article R214-163
Article R214-164
Article R214-165
Sub-paragraph 10: Special provisions for forestry investment groups
Article R214-176-1
Article R214-176-2
Article R214-176-3
Article R214-176-4
Article R214-176-5
Paragraph 5: Sociétés d'investissement à capital fixe.
Article R214-177
Article D214-178
Article D214-179
Article D214-180
Article D214-181
Paragraph 6: Funds of hedge funds.
Article R214-183
Article D214-183-1
Article D214-184
Article R214-186
Subsection 3: Funds open to professional investors.
Paragraph 1: Approved funds.
Sub-paragraph 1: General-purpose professional funds.
Article R214-187
Article D214-187-1
Article D214-188
Article R214-190
Article R214-191
Sub-paragraph 2: Professional undertakings for collective real estate investment.
Article R214-194
Article D214-195
Article R214-196
Article R214-197
Article R214-198
Paragraph 2: Declared funds.
Sub-paragraph 1: Specialised professional funds.
Article R214-202
Article D214-202-1
Article R214-203-1
Article R214-203-2
Article R214-203-3
Sub-paragraph 2: Professional private equity funds.
Article R214-204
Article R214-205
Article R214-206
Article R214-206-1
Sub-paragraph 3: Société de libre partenariat (unincorporated partnership)
Article D214-206-1
Article D214-206-2
Subsection 4: Employee savings funds.
Article R214-207
Article D214-207-1
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.
Article R214-208
Article R214-209
Article R214-210
Paragraph 2: Company mutual funds.
Article R214-211
Article R214-212
Article D214-213
Article R214-213-1
Article R214-214
Paragraph 3: Corporate mutual funds governed by article L. 214-165-1
Article R214-214-1
Article R214-214-2
Article R214-214-3
Article R214-214-4
Article R214-214-5
Paragraph 4: Sociétés à capital variable d'investissement salarié (employee investment companies with variable capital)
Article R214-215
Article D214-216
Subsection 5: Funding bodies
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to all financing bodies
Sub-paragraph 1: Regulations or articles of association of the financing body
Article R214-217
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing the composition of the assets and liabilities of the financing body
Article R214-218
Article D214-219
Article R214-221
Article R214-222
Article R214-223
Sub-paragraph 3: Rules applicable to forward financial instruments and the assignment of receivables before their maturity.
Article R214-224
Article R214-225
Article R214-226
Sub-paragraph 4: Rules applicable to the assignment and recovery of receivables and the preservation of assets.
Article D214-227
Article D214-227-1
Article D214-228
Sub-paragraph 5: Information obligations.
Article R214-230
Sub-paragraph 6: Special provisions for umbrella funds
Article R214-231
Sub-paragraph 7: Coordinating provisions
Article R214-231-1
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings
Article D214-232
Article D214-232-1
Article D214-232-2
Article D214-232-3
Article D214-232-4
Sub-paragraph 1: Special provisions for securitisation funds
Article R214-234-1
Article R214-235
Sub-paragraph 2: Special provisions for securitisation undertakings or sub-funds of securitisation undertakings carrying insurance risks
Article D214-236
Article D214-237
Article D214-238
Article R214-239
Article D214-240
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to specialised financing bodies
Article R214-240-1
Article D214-240-2
Article D214-240-3
Article D214-240-4
Article D214-240-5
Section 3: Other collective investments.
Article D214-241
Title II: Savings products
Chapter I: General savings products with specific tax arrangements.
Section 1: Livret A passbook savings accounts.
Subsection 1: Operation of Livret A passbook accounts.
Article R221-1
Article R221-2
Article R221-2-1
Article R221-3
Article R221-4
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to establishments distributing the Livret A or the Livret de développement durable et solidaire.
Article R221-8
Article R221-8-1
Article R221-9
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to the savings fund provided for in Article L. 221-7.
Article R221-10
Article R221-11
Section 2: Popular savings.
Subsection 1: Popular savings passbook account.
Paragraph 1: Provisions relating to beneficiaries of people's savings passbook accounts.
Article R221-33
Article R221-34
Article R221-38
Article R221-39
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the operation of people's savings passbook accounts.
Article R221-40
Article R221-41
Article R221-42
Article R221-43
Article R221-44
Paragraph 4: Provisions relating to relations between the State, the Caisse des dépôts et consignations and the collecting institutions or bodies.
Article R221-61
Article R221-62
Article R221-64
Subsection 2: The People's Savings Plan.
Article R221-65
Article R221-66
Article R*221-67
Article R221-68
Article R221-69
Section 3: The youth passbook.
Subsection 1: Opening and closing the Livret jeune.
Article R221-76
Article R221-77
Article R221-78
Article R221-79
Article R221-80
Subsection 2: Transactions carried out on youth savings accounts and remuneration.
Article R221-83
Article R221-84
Article D221-85
Article R221-86
Article R221-87
Subsection 3: Relations between the State and collecting institutions or bodies.
Article R221-98
Article R*221-99
Article R221-100
Article R221-101
Article R*221-102
Section 4: Livret de développement durable et solidaire.
Article D221-103
Article D221-104
Article D221-105
Article D221-106
Article D221-107
Section 5: Home savings schemes.
Article R221-108
Section 6: The share savings plan.
Article D221-109
Article D221-110
Article R221-111
Article D221-111-1
Article D221-112
Section 6a: The equity savings plan for financing small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies
Article D221-113-1
Article D221-113-2
Article D221-113-3
Article D221-113-4
Article D221-113-5
Section 7a: Forestry and insurance investment account
Paragraph 1: Provisions relating to beneficiaries of the forestry investment and insurance account
Article D221-121
Article D221-122
Article D221-123
Article D221-126
Section 8: Provisions relating to checks prior to opening a Livret A passbook account
Article R221-121
Article R221-122
Article R221-123
Article R221-124
Article R221-125
Section 9: Provisions common to general savings products with special tax treatment
Article R221-127
Chapter II: Employee savings products.
Single section: The company savings plan.
Article R222-1
Chapter III: Cash vouchers.
Section 1
Article D223-1
Article D223-1-1
Chapter IV: Retirement savings plans
Section 1: Common provisions
Article R224-1
Article R224-2
Article D224-3
Article D224-4
Article D224-5
Section 2: The company pension savings plan
Article R224-7
Article R224-8
Article D224-9
Article D224-10
Article D224-11
Section 3: The individual retirement savings plan
Subsection 1: The individual retirement savings plan giving rise to the opening of a securities account
Article R224-13
Subsection 2: The individual retirement savings plan giving rise to membership of a group insurance contract
Article R224-14
Article R224-15
Article R224-16
Article R224-17
Chapter V: French sub-account of the pan-European individual retirement savings product
Article R225-1
Article R225-2
Article R225-3
Article R225-4
Title III: Criminal provisions
Chapter I: Offences relating to financial instruments.
Section 1: Offences relating to titles.
Subsection 1: Obligations.
Article R231-1
Subsection 2: Securities issued by associations.
Article R231-2
Chapter II: Offences relating to savings products.
Book III: Services
Title I: Banking, payment services and the issuance and management of electronic money
Chapter I: General provisions.
Chapter II: Accounts and deposits.
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations
Subsection 1: Common law provisions.
Article R312-1
Article D312-1-1
Article R312-1-2
Article R312-4
Article R312-4-1
Subsection 2: Basic services and basic banking services.
Article D312-5
Article D312-5-1
Subsection 3: Right to an account
Article R312-6
Article R312-6-1
Article R312-7
Article R312-7-1
Article D312-8
Subsection 4: Banking Inclusion Observatory
Article R312-9
Article R312-10
Article R312-11
Article R312-12
Article R312-13
Section 2: Funds repayable from the public.
Article R312-18
Section 3: Depositors' guarantee.
Section 4: Dormant accounts
Article R312-19
Article R312-20
Article R312-21
Article R312-22
Section 5: Access to payment account services held by credit institutions
Article D312-23
Article D312-24
Chapter III: Appropriations
Section 1: General provisions.
Subsection 1: Definition.
Subsection 2: Interest rates
Paragraph 1: Legal interest rate.
Article D313-1-A
Paragraph 2: Overall effective rate.
Article R313-1
Paragraph 3: Usury rates.
Article D313-2
Subsection 3: Register of serious payment incidents.
Section 2: Loan categories and similar transactions.
Subsection 1: Leasing.
Article R313-3
Paragraph 1: Publication of financial leasing transactions relating to movable property.
Article R313-4
Article R313-5
Article R313-10
Paragraph 2: Disclosure of real estate leasing transactions.
Article R313-12
Article R313-13
Paragraph 3: Disclosure of leasing transactions.
Article R313-14
Subsection 2: Loans to businesses.
Article D313-14-1
Article R313-14-1
Section 3: Procedures for mobilising trade receivables.
Subsection 1: Assignment and pledging of trade receivables.
Article R313-15
Article R313-16
Article R313-17
Article R313-17-1
Article R313-17-2
Subsection 2: Mobilisation of loans by the assignee or the pledgee.
Paragraph 1: General provisions.
Article R313-19
Paragraph 2: Mobilisation of medium-term loans.
Paragraph 3: Mobilisation of mortgage and similar claims.
Article R313-20
Article R313-22
Article R313-24
Article R313-25
Article R313-25-1
Section 4: Guarantee for sureties.
Subsection 1: Compulsory sureties covered by the surety guarantee mechanism.
Article D313-26
Article D313-27
Subsection 2: Procedures for informing the public about the guarantee granted.
Article D313-28
Article D313-29
Article D313-30
Article D313-31
Chapter IV: Payment services
Article R314-1
Article D314-2
Chapter V: Issuing and managing electronic money
Section 1: Definition
Section 2: Remuneration
Section 3: Contractual obligations
Article R315-1
Section 4: Capping
Article D315-2
Chapter VI: Mediation
Chapter VII: Control and common provisions
Title II: Investment services, services related to investment services and data communication services
Article D321-1
Article D321-2
Article R321-3
Title III: Interbank settlement systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments
Article R330-1
Article R330-2
Article R330-3
Article D330-4
Article D330-5
Title IV: Canvassing, door-to-door sales and remote provision of financial services
Chapter I: Direct marketing of banking and financial services.
Section 1: Definition.
Article D341-1
Section 2: Persons authorised to canvass.
Article D341-2
Article D341-3
Article D341-4
Article D341-5
Article D341-6
Section 3: Products that may not be canvassed.
Section 4: Rules of good conduct.
Article R341-16
Section 5: Disciplinary sanctions.
Chapter II: Canvassing and hawking of precious metals and foreign banknotes.
Title V: Criminal provisions
Chapter I: Offences relating to account rights and customer relations.
Article D351-1
Article D351-2
Article R351-3
Article R351-4
Article D*351-4
Chapter II: Offences relating to the depositors' guarantee fund.
Chapter III: Offences relating to doorstep selling and the distance provision of financial services.
Article R353-1
Book IV: Markets
Title I: Public offerings
Chapter I: Definition.
Article D411-2
Article D411-2-1
Article D411-4
Chapter II: Conditions for public offerings.
Title II: Trading platforms
Preliminary chapter: Common provisions
Section 1: Definitions
Section 2: Prohibition on proprietary trading
Section 3: Organisational requirements
Article D420-1
Article D420-2
Section 4: Monitoring compliance with trading platform rules and other obligations
Article D420-3
Section 5: Suspension and cancellation of financial instruments
Article D420-4
Section 6: Position limits and position reporting
Article D420-5
Section 7: Quality of execution of transactions
Section 8: Freedom to provide services within the territory of Member States of the European Union or parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area
Article D420-6
Chapter I: French regulated markets.
Section 1: Definition of the regulated market and the market undertaking.
Article R421-1
Article D421-2
Article D421-3
Article D421-4
Section 2: Recognition, review and withdrawal of regulated market status.
Article D421-5
Article D421-6
Article R*421-6-1
Article R421-6-2
Article R421-6-3
Section 3: Operating conditions for regulated markets and market undertakings.
Subsection 1: Obligations of directors and shareholders of market undertakings.
Article D421-7
Article D421-8
Article D421-9
Subsection 2: Obligations of the market undertaking.
Section 4: Admission to trading, suspension and delisting of financial instruments and assets referred to in II of Article L. 421-1
Section 5: Regime for members of a regulated market.
Chapter II: European regulated markets.
Article D422-1
Chapter III: Recognised foreign markets.
Article D423-1
Article D423-2
Article D423-3
Chapter IV: Multilateral trading facilities.
Section 1: Definitions, approval or authorisation of the system manager
Article D424-1
Article R*424-2
Article R424-3
Section 2: Operating conditions
Section 3: Admission to trading
Section 4: Membership scheme
Section 5: Growth market for small and medium-sized enterprises
Article D424-4
Article D424-4-1
Article D424-4-2
Section 6: European multilateral trading facilities
Section 7: Transitional provisions
Chapter V: Organised trading systems
Section 1: Definition, approval or authorisation of the manager
Article R*425-1
Article R425-2
Article D425-3
Section 2: Operating conditions
Section 3: Admission to trading
Section 4: Customer regime
Section 5: European organised trading systems
Chapter VI: Holding, trading and transporting gold.
Title III: Trading in financial instruments
Chapter III: Transactions specific to regulated markets.
Title IV: Clearing houses
Single chapter: Clearing houses
Article R440-1
Article D440-2
Article D440-3
Title V: Investor protection
Chapter I: Market transparency.
Chapter II: Investor protection associations.
Article D452-1
Article D452-2
Article D452-3
Article D452-4
Article D452-5
Title VI: Criminal provisions
Chapter I
Chapter II: Offences relating to regulated markets
Chapter III: Offences relating to trading in financial instruments
Chapter IV: Offences relating to market undertakings and clearing houses
Chapter V: Offences relating to investor protection
Single section: Infringements of market transparency
Article R465-1
Article R465-2
Article R465-3
Article R465-4
Book V: Service providers
Title I: Banking services providers
Chapter I: General provisions.
Section 1: Definitions and activities
Section 2: Prohibitions
Subsection 1: Staff
Article R511-1
Article R511-2
Subsection 2: Business-to-business loans
Article R511-2-1-1
Article R511-2-1-2
Article R511-2-1-3
Section 3: Conditions for admission to the profession.
Subsection 1: Approval.
Article R511-2-1
Article R511-2-2
Article R511-3
Article R511-3-1
Article R511-3-2
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
Article R511-4
Section 4: Professional bodies.
Section 5: Professional secrecy.
Section 6: Accounting provisions.
Subsection 1: Company accounts and accounting documents.
Article R511-6
Article R511-7
Subsection 2: Statutory auditors.
Article D511-8
Article D511-9
Section 7: Prudential provisions.
Article D511-15
Article R511-16
Article R511-16-1
Article R511-16-2
Article R511-16-3
Section 8: Governance of credit institutions and finance companies
Subsection 1: Directors
Article R511-17
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control
Article R511-17-1
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices
Article R511-18
Article R511-19
Article R511-20
Article R511-21
Article R511-22
Subsection 4: Specialist committees
Article R511-26
Chapter II: Mutual and cooperative banks.
Section 1: General provisions.
Article R512-1
Section 2: Popular banks.
Subsection 2: The Banque Fédérale des Banques Populaires.
Article R512-1-1
Article R512-1-2
Section 3: Crédit Agricole.
Subsection 1: Caisses de crédit agricole mutuel.
Paragraph 1: Organisation.
Article R512-2
Article R512-3
Article R512-4
Article R512-5
Article R512-6
Paragraph 2: Operation.
Article R512-9
Article R512-10
Article R512-11
Article R512-12
Article R512-13
Paragraph 3: Resources.
Article R512-14
Article R512-15
Article R512-16
Article R512-17
Subsection 2: The central body of Crédit Agricole.
Paragraph 1: Organisation.
Article R512-18
Paragraph 2: Resources.
Subsection 3: Inspections.
Section 4: Crédit Mutuel.
Article R512-19
Article R512-20
Article R512-21
Article R512-22
Article R512-23
Section 5: Crédit Mutuel Agricole et Rural.
Article R512-26
Section 6: Cooperative banks.
Section 7: Crédit maritime mutuel.
Subsection 1: General provisions.
Article R512-27
Article R512-28
Article R512-29
Article R512-30
Article R512-31
Subsection 2: Administration.
Article R512-36
Article R512-37
Article R512-38
Article R512-39
Article R512-40
Subsection 3: Statutory auditors.
Subsection 4: Miscellaneous provisions.
Article R512-45
Article R512-46
Section 8: The savings bank network.
Subsection 1: Tasks.
Subsection 2: The network.
Article R512-47
Subsection 3: Savings and provident institutions.
Paragraph 1: General provisions.
Article R512-48
Paragraph 2: Other provisions.
Subsection 4: Local savings companies.
Article R512-49
Article R512-50
Article R512-51
Article R512-52
Article R512-53
Subsection 5: The central body of savings banks and banques populaires
Article R512-57
Article R512-58
Article R512-59
Subsection 6: Fédération nationale des caisses d'épargne et de prévoyance.
Subsection 8: General provisions.
Chapter III: Specialised credit institutions
Section 1: Common provisions
Section 2: Sociétés de crédit foncier
Subsection 1: Status and purpose
Article R513-1-A
Subsection 2: Operations.
Article R513-1
Article R513-2
Article R513-4
Article R513-5
Article R513-6
Subsection 3: Lien on claims arising from transactions.
Article R513-9
Article R513-10
Subsection 4: Rules governing the operations of sociétés de crédit foncier.
Article R513-11
Article R513-12
Article R513-13
Article R513-14
Subsection 5: Receivership and liquidation.
Subsection 6: Inspections.
Article R513-15
Article R513-16
Article R513-17
Article R513-18
Subsection 7: Miscellaneous provisions.
Section 3: Housing finance companies
Article R513-19
Article R513-20
Article R513-21
Chapter IV: Municipal credit banks.
Section 1: Operations.
Subsection 1: Principles and terms of pawnbroking.
Article D514-1
Article D514-2
Article D514-3
Article D514-4
Article D514-5
Sub-section 2: Acknowledgement of deposit of hired objects.
Article D514-10
Article D514-11
Subsection 3: Rules applicable to pledges.
Article D514-12
Article D514-13
Article D514-14
Article D514-15
Subsection 4: Auctions.
Article D514-16
Article D514-17
Article D514-18
Article D514-19
Article D514-20
Subsection 5: Bonuses.
Article D514-21
Sub-section 6 : Claiming a pledged object.
Article D514-22
Section 2: Organisation and operation
Subsection 1: Guidance and Supervisory Board
Article R514-23
Article R514-24
Article R514-25
Article R514-26
Article R514-27
Subsection 2: Accounting and financial rules
Article R514-33
Article R514-34
Article R514-35
Article R514-36
Article R514-37
Chapter V: Finance companies.
Section 1: Mutual guarantee companies.
