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Article D621-27 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The fixed fee payable under I of Article L. 621-5-3 is set at : 1° 750 euros for each filing of a document for the declaration referred to in 1° ; 2° 3,200 euros for any examination of the obligation to file a public offer referred to in 2° ; 3° 5,000 euros per filing of an information document on an issue programme, an issue, a transfer or an admission…

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Article D621-28 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The rate of contributions due under II of Article L. 621-5-3 is set : 1° For the public offers mentioned in 1°, at 0.30 per thousand of the value of the financial instruments purchased, exchanged, presented or compensated when the transaction is carried out on securities giving or capable of giving direct or indirect access to capital or voting rights, and at 0.15 per thousand in other cases, these rates…

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Article D621-29 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The amount of the contributions and the rates provided for in 4° of II of Article L. 621-5-3 are set as follows: 1° The contribution payable by the persons mentioned in the first and second paragraphs of a of 4° of II of Article L. 621-5-3 is set at 30,000 euros and 10,000 euros respectively. It is paid by 30 June at the latest and proof of payment is sent…

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Article D621-29-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I. – For foreign issuers, the market on which the highest volume of securities is traded is determined on the basis of an annual average of the number of securities traded on 31 December of the previous year. The amount of the contribution referred to in IIa of Article L. 621-5-3 is set at 20,000 euros when the issuer’s market capitalisation is less than 2 billion euros and more than…

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Article D621-30 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

For the application of 2° of II of Article L. 621-5-3, issuers liable for the contribution must declare each year, at the end of the twelve-month period following publication of the visa, the amount of shares and mutualist certificates issued or sold. For the application of 3° of II of Article L. 621-5-3, issuers liable for the contribution must declare each year on 31 March the gross amount of redemptions…

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Article R621-30-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The Autorité des marchés financiers shall communicate to the European Securities and Markets Authority : -decisions relating to the authorisation of investment firms ; -at least once a year, the list of investment firm managers authorised to hold an additional mandate, in accordance with II ofArticle L. 533-26.

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Article R621-31 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I.-To exercise its supervisory and investigative powers, the Autorité des marchés financiers may have recourse to : 1° Members of its staff ; 2° Pursuant to 2° of Article L. 621-9-2 : a) The General Secretariat of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution ; b) To the central bodies mentioned in Article L. 511-30, for institutions affiliated to these bodies; c) To the central depositories mentioned in 3°…

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Article R621-32 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I. – The use of one of the persons mentioned in 2° of I, II and III of article R. 621-31 shall be governed by a memorandum of understanding signed with the Autorité des marchés financiers, which sets out the tasks to be performed and the conditions under which they are to be carried out. II. – The Autorité des marchés financiers shall ensure that the persons mentioned in I…

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Article R621-33 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I. – No person may be authorised or appointed to carry out an investigation or an audit if he has been convicted of any of the offences referred to in article L. 500-1. No person may be appointed to carry out an investigation or an audit of a legal entity within which he has exercised a professional activity during the previous three years. II. – Before giving an assignment to…

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