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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article R131-35

The drawee to whom a cheque is presented for payment, issued on an account whose holder is subject to a ban imposed in application of article L. 163-6, must, when the date of presentation of the chequ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article R131-34

A drawee who is presented with a cheque for payment issued on an account whose holder is subject to a ban implemented in connection with a previous incident must notify the Banque de France no later t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article R131-36

The declarations required by articles R. 131-34 and R. 131-35 must include all the information specified in 1°, 2°, 4°, 6° and 8° of article R. 131-12.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article R131-37

When the cheque presented for payment must be declared to the Banque de France pursuant to the provisions of articles R. 131-34 and R. 131-35 and payment is refused for lack of sufficient funds, the d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Summons to appear, immediate appearance and deferred appearance

Article 397-3-1

When deferring the sentence for the purposes of personality investigations pursuant to Article 132-70-1 of the Criminal Code, the court may also place or maintain the convicted person under judicial s…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional compensation measures

Article 916-31

To obtain the aid, cinema operators must complete and submit electronically, by 31 October 2021 at the latest, a form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional compensation measures

Article 916-32

The decision of the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée specifies the amount of aid awarded and the terms of payment.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional compensation measures

Article 916-33

The granting of the exceptional aid is subject to the provisions of exempted framework scheme No SA.42681, relating to aid for culture and heritage conservation for the period 2014-2023, adopted on th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional compensation measures

Article 916-30

The amount of aid may not exceed that of the actual loss of turnover recorded over the period between 1 January and 31 March 2021 in relation to the average turnover achieved between 1 January and 31…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L533-30-3

Staff performing control functions are independent of the business units they supervise, have the necessary authority and are remunerated on the basis of the achievement of objectives related to their…

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