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

Article L163-10-1

Legal entities found to be criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in articles L. 163-2 to L. 163-4, L. 163-7 and L. 163-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Terms and conditions for redeeming electronic money

Article L133-35

…for redemption of electronic money is made within one year of the term stipulated in the contract between an electronic money institution carrying out hybrid activities within the meaning of Article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 15: Authentication

Article L133-44

…er authentication defined in f of Article L. 133-4 includes elements that establish a dynamic link between the transaction, the amount and the beneficiary given. III. - With regard to the obligation i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The General Council

Article L142-3

…sentative of Banque de France employees;5° The Vice-Chairman of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.The term of office of the members of the General Council mentioned in 1° to 4° is s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Reporting obligations

Article L152-3

…nisations mentioned in the first paragraph are required to keep, in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 102 B of the Book of Tax Procedures, all documents, information, data or proces…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Assets of foreign central banks

Article L153-1

Assets of any kind, in particular foreign reserve assets, which central banks or foreign monetary authorities hold or manage on their behalf or on behalf of the foreign State or States to which they b…

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

Article L163-5

The confiscation, for the purpose of destruction, of counterfeit or falsified cheques and other instruments mentioned in article L. 133-4 is mandatory in the cases provided for in articles L. 163-3 to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: Breaches of the rules on charges or discounts for the use of a given payment instrument

Article L171-1

Any breach of the obligation mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 112-12 is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €75,000 for a natural person and up to €375,000 for a legal entity.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L211-4

…n the seventh paragraph of Article L. 228-1 of the French Commercial Code and under the conditions set out in that Code;3. In the name of a registered intermediary acting on behalf of one or more owne…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Practical procedures and deadlines in the event of unauthorised or incorrectly executed payment transactions

Article L133-23-1

Where a payment service user denies having authorised a payment transaction which has been executed, or claims that the payment transaction has not been executed correctly, and the payment order is in…

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