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Articles and reports on national legal regulations and developments in the field of blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies, ICOs and STOs within France.

New French Pacte Law: The New 'Digital Assets Services Providers' ('DASP') Status

New French Pacte Law: The New 'Digital Assets Services Providers' ('DASP') Status

In addition to the optional visa available to all issuers of Initial Coin Offerings, the French Pacte Law establishes a regulated status as a Digital Assets Service Provider or 'DASP'.

  • Legalico Team
    Legalico Team
5 min read
Legal Professionals' Key Involvement in the Escrow System for Funds Raised During an Initial Coin Offering (ICO)

Legal Professionals' Key Involvement in the Escrow System for Funds Raised During an Initial Coin Offering (ICO)

Following France's PACTE law a procedure for obtaining a visa for any public ICO has been provided for by the Financial Markets Authority (AMF), which requires issuers to set up a procedure to secure funds.

  • Legalico Team
    Legalico Team
4 min read
The Visa Delivered by the French Financial Regulator (AMF) to Issuers of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs)

The Visa Delivered by the French Financial Regulator (AMF) to Issuers of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs)

The PACTE law introduced a specific regime for ICOs, providing for an optional approval/visa issued by the AMF. This new regime does not apply to STOs, but exclusively to the issuance of so-called "utility tokens".

  • Legalico Team
    Legalico Team
4 min read
Real Estate Asset Tokenisation - A French Perspective

Real Estate Asset Tokenisation - A French Perspective

Thibault Verbiest (Associate Partner) and Diane Richebourg (Associate Lawyer), DS Avocats

  • Legalico Team
    Legalico Team
12 min read
The New French Legal Regulations For All Crypto-Active Players

The New French Legal Regulations For All Crypto-Active Players

Thibault Verbiest (Associate Partner) and Diane Richebourg (Associate Lawyer), DS Avocats

  • Legalico Team
    Legalico Team
7 min read
France

Two early ICOs in France

Iexec Iexec aims to become a decentralized computing platform. The project allows Decentralized Applications (DAPPS) and other users to require external computation while the protocole validate the results in a decentralized manner. Led

  • Xavier Lavayssière
    Xavier Lavayssière
1 min read
France

Clarification on cryptoassets taxation in France

On April 26th, 2018, the Supreme Administrative Court ("Conseil d'Etat"), clarified prior instructions from the tax administrations. In 2014 the tax administration had presented capital gains from bitcoin as

  • Xavier Lavayssière
    Xavier Lavayssière
1 min read
France

Ordinance on the use of shared registers for the transmission of financial titles

On December 8 2017, the French president signed a legislative order210 [https://www.legalico.io/references#210] authorizing the use of a "shared digital registering device"---a formal designation for blockchain

  • Xavier Lavayssière
    Xavier Lavayssière
1 min read
France

Discussion Paper AMF on Oct. 22, 2017

The French Financial Markets Authority (AMF) published209 [https://www.legalico.io/references#209] on October 22 a discussion paper regarding its analysis of the application of existing regulatory framework to ICOs and future

  • Xavier Lavayssière
    Xavier Lavayssière
2 min read
France
France

France

As part of the European Union, France's regulatory framework complies with the Prospectus Regulation as well as the Markets in Financial Instruments, Alternative Investment Fund Managers and Anti-Money Laundering Directives. As

  • Xavier Lavayssière
    Xavier Lavayssière
6 min read
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