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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Relationship between the payment service provider and the payment service user

Article L133-16

…rity data.He shall use the payment instrument in accordance with the conditions governing its issue and use, which must be objective, non-discriminatory and proportionate.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article L133-1

…Article L. 314-1.II. - The provisions of this chapter apply if the payee's payment service provider and the payer's payment service provider are located, one in mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guy…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Common provisions

Article L123-1

Banknotes and coins are protected as intellectual works by articles L. 122-4 and L. 335-2 of the French Intellectual Property Code. The issuing authorities are vested with the author's rights.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Execution time for payment transactions and value dates

Article L133-12

…Article L. 133-1, the provisions of this section apply to payment transactions carried out in euros and to payment transactions involving a single conversion between the euro and the official currency…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Creation and form of cheque

Article L131-10

A cheque written in both words and figures is only valid for the amount written in words in the event of a difference. Where a cheque is written more than once, either in words or in figures, the diff…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Creation and form of cheque

Article L131-12

…epresentative of a person for whom he had no authority to act is himself obligated under the cheque and, if he has paid, has the same rights as the purported principal would have had. The same applies…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Transmission

Article L131-16

…named person with a "not to order" clause or an equivalent clause is transferable only in the form and with the effects of an ordinary assignment.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L131-1

In this chapter, the term "banker" refers to credit institutions and institutions, departments or persons authorised to maintain accounts from which cheques may be drawn.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Bills of exchange and promissory notes

Article L132-1

Bills of exchange are governed by Articles L. 511-1 to L. 511-81 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for executing a payment transaction

Article L133-10

…available to the payment service user in accordance with the agreed procedures, as soon as possible and, in any event, within a period which may not exceed that provided for in Article L. 133-13, and…

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