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Article L574-4 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The persons referred to in 8°, 9°, 10 and 15° of Article L. 561-2 shall be liable to one year’s imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros for failing to respond, after formal notice, to requests for information from the administrative authority responsible for the inspection referred to in I of Article L. 561-36 or for obstructing the latter in any way whatsoever in the performance of its inspection duties or for knowingly providing inaccurate information.

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Article L574-4

Est puni d’un an d’emprisonnement et de 15 000 euros d’amende le fait pour les personnes mentionnées aux 8°, 9°, 10 et 15° de l’article L. 561-2 de ne pas répondre, après mise en demeure, aux demandes d’information de l’autorité administrative en charge de l’inspection mentionnée au I de l’article L. 561-36 ou de mettre obstacle de quelque manière que ce soit à l’exercice par celle-ci de sa mission de contrôle ou de lui communiquer sciemment des renseignements inexacts.

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