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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Data retention and penalties

Article L722-18

Failure to comply with the obligations set out in Articles L. 722-6 to L. 722-8 is punishable by a fine equal to 50% of the sum involved in the offence or attempted offence. If the offence referred to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Data retention and penalties

Article L722-19

…punishable by the offences referred to in I of Article L. 561-15, customs officers may temporarily detain it in accordance with the procedures set out in the second, third and fourth paragraphs of Art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions

Article L722-2

…nt services; d) Issuing and managing other means of payment, in particular travellers' cheques and letters of credit; e) Granting guarantees and underwriting commitments; f) Transactions, on its own a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Stability of the financial system

Article L732-4

…erformance of their duties" and "they alert"; b) The words: "defined in Article L. 613-20-5" are deleted; c) The words "and, where applicable, the relevant competent authorities within the meaning of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L733-3

…service provider and the payer's payment service provider are located, one in France, Saint Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia or the Wallis and Futuna Islands or abroad, and the oth…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article L733-7

…utre-mer"; 2° Articles L. 163-1 to L. 163-12 apply to postal cheques drawn on the Office des postes et télécommunications.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Identification of accounts

Article L721-16

…loan repayment incident file are carried out under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Identification of accounts and treatment of overindebtedness

Article L721-24

In New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer (French overseas note-issuing bank) centralises information enabling the identification of acc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Obligations of intermediary payment service providers and cooperation obligations

Article L722-13

…sure that all information received on the payer and payee which accompanies a transfer of funds is retained with that transfer.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Breaches of legislation on financial dealings with foreign countries

Article L733-8

Article L. 165-1 is applicable in French Polynesia as amended by Act No. 2011-1978 of 28 December 2011.

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