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Article D452-5 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

November 6, 2023

Applications for approval and renewal are sent to the departmental directorate for competition, consumer affairs and fraud control in whose area of jurisdiction the association has its registered office. The composition of the application and the procedures for its examination are set by joint order of the Minister for the Economy, the Minister for Consumer Affairs and the Minister of Justice. When the application submitted to the authorities is complete,…

Article D452-6 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

November 6, 2023

The approval or refusal decision is notified within six months of the issue of the receipt. Reasons must be given for refusal decisions.

Article D452-7 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

November 6, 2023

Associations shall report annually on their activities in accordance with the procedures laid down by order in the forms provided for in article D. 452-5. Associations shall draw up annual accounts. These annual accounts include a balance sheet, a profit and loss account and notes to the accounts in accordance with the accounting principles and methods defined in the French Commercial Code and in the texts adopted for its application,…

Article D452-8 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

November 6, 2023

Approval may be withdrawn, after consultation with the public prosecutor and the Autorité des marchés financiers, if the association no longer meets one of the conditions for approval. The association must first be given formal notice to submit its observations. The decision to withdraw authorisation is published in the Journal officiel de la République française.

Article R465-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

November 6, 2023

When the Financial Public Prosecutor informs the Autorité des marchés financiers of his intention to initiate public proceedings pursuant to the first paragraph of II of Article L. 465-3-6, he shall send him, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by delivery against receipt, the factual and legal information forming the basis of the proposed public proceedings. Within the period provided for in the first paragraph of II of…

Article R465-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

November 6, 2023

When the AMF informs the Financial Public Prosecutor of its intention to issue a statement of objections pursuant to the first paragraph of III of Article L. 465-3-6, it shall send the Financial Public Prosecutor, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by delivery against receipt, the factual and legal information on which the proposed statement of objections is based. Within the period stipulated in the first paragraph of…

Article R465-3 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

November 6, 2023

The time limits mentioned in II and III of article L. 465-3-6 run from the date shown on the acknowledgement of receipt of the registered letter or the date shown on the receipt of the letter delivered on the basis of the first paragraph of articles R. 465-1 and R. 465-2. These time limits cease to run on the date shown on the stamp of the post office where the…

Article R465-4 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

November 6, 2023

When a matter is referred to the Public Prosecutor at the Paris Court of Appeal pursuant to Article L. 465-3-6, the Public Prosecutor shall inform the Autorité des marchés financiers and the Public Prosecutor for the Financial State of the time limit set for them to submit their observations. The decision taken by the Public Prosecutor at the Paris Court of Appeal is notified by registered letter with acknowledgement of…

Article R511-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

November 6, 2023

Members of staff of a credit institution or finance company who have been authorised to sign on behalf of the company may not hold any other job or perform any paid work outside the company without first informing the company’s management. This provision does not apply to the production of scientific, literary or artistic works.

Article R511-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

November 6, 2023

Where they have been given authority to sign on behalf of a credit institution or finance company, members of the staff of that company may not, without the authorisation of the general management, perform administrative, management or executive duties in another credit institution, finance company, investment firm, portfolio management company or commercial company governed by Book II of the Commercial Code.

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Article D452-5 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Article D452-6 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Article D452-7 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Article D452-8 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Article R465-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Article R465-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Article R465-3 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Article R465-4 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Article R511-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Article R511-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

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