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Article L573-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I.-It is an offence punishable by three years’ imprisonment and a fine of €375,000 for any natural person to provide investment services to third parties as a regular occupation without having been authorised to do so under the conditions laid down in Articles L. 532-1 and L. 532-48 or without being one of the persons referred to in Article L. 531-2. Ia -Any natural person who manages an AIF mentioned…

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Article L573-1-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

It is an offence for any manager of an investment services provider other than a portfolio management company or of one of the legal persons or subsidiaries referred to in Article L. 612-26 or for any manager of a market undertaking, a member of a clearing house or a person authorised to carry on the business of custody or administration of financial instruments, failing to respond, after formal notice, to…

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Article L573-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Any natural person who fails to comply with one of the prohibitions set out in article L. 531-11 is liable to three years’ imprisonment and a fine of 375,000 euros. The court may also order the posting or broadcasting of the decision in accordance with the conditions set out in article 131-39 of the French Penal Code.

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Article L573-3 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Failure by the directors of an investment firm or portfolio management company to draw up an inventory for each financial year and prepare annual accounts and a management report in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 533-5 is punishable by a fine of 15,000 euros.

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Article L573-4 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Failure by the directors of an investment firm or portfolio management company to request the appointment of the firm’s or company’s statutory auditors or to convene them to the general meeting is punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros. It is a criminal offence for the directors of an investment firm or portfolio management company, or for any person in the service of such a firm…

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Article L573-7 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Legal entities held criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Penal Code, for the offences defined in articles L. 573-1 to L. 573-6 shall incur, in addition to the fine set out in article 131-38 of the French Penal Code, the penalties set out inarticle 131-39 of the same code. The prohibition referred to in 2° of article 131-39 of the French Penal Code…

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