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Sicovam code

The SICOVAM code or simply "SICOVAM" was a security identifier system used to identify French securities listed on French stock exchanges. SICOVAM stands for the Société Interprofessionnelle pour la Compensation des Valeurs Mobilières ( ), the French central securities depository later known as Euroclear France, which assigned the codes. SICOVAM codes stopped being assigned on July 1, 2003, when they were replaced with ISINs.

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The SICOVAM code or simply "SICOVAM" was a security identifier system used to identify French securities listed on French stock exchanges. SICOVAM stands for the Société Interprofessionnelle pour la Compensation des Valeurs Mobilières ( ), the French central securities depository later known as Euroclear France, which assigned the codes. SICOVAM codes stopped being assigned on July 1, 2003, when they were replaced with ISINs.

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