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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Other service providers

Article L775-28

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Other service providers

Article L775-29

I.-Subject to the provisions of II and III, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-ha…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Other service providers

Article L775-27

…Futuna Islands, in the wording resulting fromOrder No. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017, subject to the deletion of the words: "managers of European venture capital funds falling within the scope of Regulati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title VIII: CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION IN THE OVERSEAS OF THE PROVISIONS OF BOOK VI RELATING TO BANKING AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

Article L781-2

For the application of this Title in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° A financial institution is defined in accordance with Article L. 72…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the use of currency.

Article D112-2

…activities referred to in the second sentence of the first paragraph of article L. 112-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code are commercial and craft activities. The activities mentioned in the second…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article R131-23

…ncidents that have occurred on the account have been regularised in accordance with the procedures set out in this sub-section, a document certifying this regularisation is given or sent to the accoun…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article R131-28

…me, re-register the payment incidents for which it has requested cancellation under the conditions set out in the second paragraph above, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article R. 131-12…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article R131-22

…t the request of the drawer, a blocked provision earmarked for the actual payment of the cheque is set up. The funds referred to in the first paragraph become available again after a period of one yea…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title II: Banknotes and coins

Article D122-2

The rules governing the reproduction of euro banknotes are set out in the Decision of the European Central Bank of 20 March 2003 on the denominations, specifications, reproduction, exchange and withdr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Bank cheques

Article R131-2

…is achieved by the drawee affixing to the cheque a form containing, in addition to his signature, details of the certification and the date thereof, the amount for which the cheque was drawn up and t…

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