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Showing 54615470 of 25706 articles for Art. Cass. com. 17 December 1991 · Cass. com. 12 November 1992 · Cass. 3e civ. 24 November 1987

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Information provided by the Banque de France to bankers, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article R131-43

The Banque de France shall provide bankers, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions, at their request, with information relating to cheque payment incidents recorded…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Information provided by the Banque de France to bankers, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article R131-45

At least once a month, the Banque de France sends all bankers information on the lifting of bans resulting from new court rulings. Recipients are deemed to be aware of the lifting of bans no later tha…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification to the Banque de France of closed accounts and theft or loss of cheque forms.

Article R131-32

…r the stop payment. To this end, it shall provide the information specified in 1° of article R. 131-12 and, if known, the numbers of the stolen or lost cheque forms. The banker records the facts and i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Information provided by the Banque de France to bankers, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article R131-44

All bankers must question the Banque de France before issuing cheque forms to a new account holder for the first time. The answers must be kept for two years.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L1235-3

…alary) 0 Not applicable 1 1 1 2 2 3 3,5 3 3 4 4 3 5 5 3 6 6 3 7 7 3 8 8 3 8 9 3 9 10 3 10 11 3 10,5 12 3 11 13 3 11,5 14 3 12 15 3 13 16 3 13,5 17 3 14 18 3 14,5 19 3 15 20 3 15,5 21 3 16 22 3 16,5 23…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Budgetary control

Article A211-45

The management reports referred to in the second paragraph of article 223 of decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budget and accounting management shall be sent to the budget controller a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Budgetary and accounting system

Article R232-40

…are deposited and invested in accordance with the conditions set out in article 197 of decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: "Socio-educational or cultural activities" speciality

Article A212-53

…e Higher State Diploma in Youth, Popular Education and Sport is set out in the relevant Order of 20 November 2006.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial assistance

Article R5132-25

The financial aid mentioned in articles R. 5132-23 and R. 5132-24-1 is paid, on behalf of the State, by the Agence de services et de paiement. This aid cannot be combined with any other State-funded e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article R930-1

…rovisions of the Code are applicable in New Caledonia: 1° Book I, with the exception of articles R. 121-3, R. 121-4, R. 122-1 to R. 122-17, R. 123-171-1, R. 123-209 to R. 123-219, D. 123-235, D. 123-2…

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