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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Notification to the Banque de France of payment incidents and regularisations.

Article R131-30

If the cheque-writing ban suspended pursuant to article L. 643-12 of the French Commercial Code is reinstated, the order referred to in article 154-2 of decree no. 85-1388 of 27 December 1985 on the j…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation of the General Council.

Article R142-3

The General Council shall meet as often as the interests of the Banque de France require, and at least six times a year, at the invitation of the Governor. It meets on an extraordinary basis when requ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Obligations of the parties with regard to payment instruments

Article D133-3

…he means made available to him by his payment service provider in accordance with II of Article L. 133-15 to inform him of the loss, theft or misappropriation of his payment instrument, the payment se…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Approval of the accounts.

Article R144-3

The financial year begins on 1 January and ends on 31 December. At the end of the financial year, the Governor draws up the annual accounts, together with a written report on the situation of the Banq…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Registration of financial securities

Article R211-3

…r maintaining securities accounts or registering securities in a shared electronic recording system and appoints an agent for this purpose, it shall publish the name and address of its agent in the Bu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Offences relating to currency.

Article R162-3

…this purpose as a medium for any form of advertising is punishable in accordance with article R. 642-4 of the French Criminal Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Statistical declarations for the compilation of France's balance of payments and international investment position.

Article R152-3

…be provided with additional information for statistical purposes, in accordance with the conditions and deadlines set by order of the Minister for the Economy, when the amount exceeds 15 million euros…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article R151-3

The activities referred to in I of article L. 151-3 are as follows: I.-Activities likely to affect national defence interests, participating in the exercise of public authority or likely to affect pub…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article R163-3

…itution or one of the institutions or services mentioned in Article L. 518-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code, with the exception of the French Treasury, to charge a customer for electronic p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for the issue of negotiable debt securities.

Article D213-3

…ative authority or, where applicable, have a guarantor that meets the conditions laid down by order and has such a rating. The following are exempt from this obligation 1° Credit institutions and inve…

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