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Article L611-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

In the event of failure to comply with the instructions issued by the Minister for the application of the provisions of 1 of Article L. 611-1 and without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 233-14 of the Commercial Code, the public prosecutor, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution or any shareholder may ask the court to suspend the exercise of the voting rights attached to shares in…

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Article L611-3 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

After obtaining the opinion of the Autorité des marchés financiers and the Comité consultatif de la législation et de la réglementation financières, and subject to the powers exercised by the Autorité des marchés financiers in respect of portfolio management companies as defined in Article L. 532-9, the Minister responsible for the economy shall adopt the regulations applicable to investment services providers as defined in Article L. 531-1 other than portfolio…

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Article L611-3-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The Minister for the Economy may, after obtaining the opinion of the Consultative Committee for Financial Legislation and Regulation and at the request of one or more representative organisations of financial sector professionals appearing on a list drawn up by the Minister, approve by decree the codes of conduct that they have drawn up for the marketing of financial instruments referred to in Article L. 211-1, banking transactions mentioned in…

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Article L611-4 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The Minister for the Economy shall also specify: 1. The conditions under which investment firms may carry out the transactions mentioned in 2 of article L. 321-2 ; 2. The conditions under which investment firms may carry out the transactions referred to in Article L. 531-5; 3. The conditions under which direct or indirect shareholdings may be acquired, extended or sold in investment firms.

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Article L611-5 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The orders of the Minister responsible for the economy and the regulations of the Autorité des normes comptables may differ according to the legal status of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions or investment firms, the extent of their networks or the characteristics of their business. They may, where necessary, lay down the conditions for granting individual exemptions on an exceptional and temporary basis.

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Article L611-6 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Orders relating to the following matters are not subject to the opinion of the Comité consultatif de la législation et de la réglementation financières: 1. With regard to mutual or cooperative banks, the definition of the conditions of access to membership and the resulting restrictions on the scope of activity of these establishments; 2. The definition of the powers of savings and provident institutions and municipal credit institutions; 3. The…

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Article L611-7 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The regulations of the Comité de la Réglementation Bancaire et Financière in force prior to the Financial Security Act no. 2003-706 of 1 August 2003 may be amended or repealed by order of the Minister for the Economy issued under the conditions set out in article L. 611-1.

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Article L612-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I.-The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is responsible for preserving the stability of the financial system and protecting the customers, policyholders, members and beneficiaries of the persons subject to its supervision. The Autorité monitors compliance by these persons with the European provisions directly applicable to them, the provisions of the Monetary and Financial Code and the regulatory provisions for its application, the Insurance Code, Book IX of the…

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Article L612-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I.-The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is responsible for : A.-In the banking, payment services and investment services sector: 1° Credit institutions ; 2° The following persons a) Investment firms and branches of third-country firms referred to in Article L. 532-48 ; b) Market undertakings; c) Members of clearing houses other than the persons mentioned in Article L. 440-2, paragraph 6; d) Persons authorised to carry out the…

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Article L612-3 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The following are not subject to AMF supervision 1° The management of a statutory sickness and maternity insurance scheme and insurance against accidents at work and occupational diseases, as referred to in Title IV of Book IV of the Insurance Code; 2° Supplementary pension operations carried out by institutions governed by Book IX of the Social Security Code which are subject to inter-professional and general compensation; 3° Management of a…

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