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Article L572-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

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

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Article L572-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

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

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Article L572-5 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I. – Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 521-3, failure to comply with the prohibition imposed by article L. 521-2 is punishable by three years’ imprisonment and a fine of 375,000 euros. II. – Natural persons guilty of the offence provided for in I of this article shall also be liable to the following additional penalties: 1° A ban on civic, civil and family rights, in accordance with…

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Article L572-6 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Failure to comply with any of the prohibitions set out in article L. 521-4 is punishable by three years’ imprisonment and a fine of €375,000. The court may also order the posting or broadcasting of the decision handed down in accordance with the conditions set out inarticle 131-39 of the French Criminal Code.

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