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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article R312-4

The rules relating to unseizable bank balances are set out in articles R. 162-1 to R. 162-8, R. 112-5 and R. 213-10 of the Code of Civil Enforcement Procedures, reproduced below:…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article D312-5

The basic services referred to in II of Article L. 312-1 include :1° Account opening, maintenance and closure ;2° One change of address per year;3° Issuing bank identity statements on request;4° Direc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7a: Forestry and insurance investment account

Article D221-126

Forest insurance savings accounts remain subject to this section as it stood prior to the entry into force of Decree no. 2015-31 of 15 January 2015 on the forestry investment and insurance account, un…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article R312-9

The Banking Inclusion Observatory has eighteen members:1° Six ex officio members:a) The Governor of the Banque de France or his representative, Chairman of the Observatory ;b) The Director General of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article R312-15

Pursuant to Article L. 631-1, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall monitor compliance by credit institutions with the provisions of this sub-section.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article R312-4-1

The fees charged by credit institutions, referred to in the first sentence of article L. 312-1-3 of the Monetary and Financial Code, may not exceed €8 per transaction and €80 per month per bank accoun…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article R312-13

The quantitative and qualitative information sent to the Banking Inclusion Observatory pursuant to Article L. 312-1-1 B relates in particular to access to deposit accounts, means of payment, credit, s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article R312-16

The Chairman of the Banking Inclusion Observatory shall communicate to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution any information that is relevant to the performance of the latter's duties.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7a: Forestry and insurance investment account

Article D221-123

When withdrawals are made in order to use the sums under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 352-3 of the French Forestry Code, the total amount of these withdrawals may…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Interest rates

Article R313-1

The rules relating to the overall effective rate are set out in Articles R. 314-1 to R. 314-14 of the French Consumer Code, which are reproduced below:"Art. R. 314-1. - The calculation of the overall…

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