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Showing 36113620 of 30105 articles for Art. Décret 2015-1763 du 24-12-2015

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

Article R131-21-1

Pursuant to articles L. 733-18 and L. 743-1 of the French Consumer Code, the cancellation of a debt corresponding to the amount of an unpaid cheque is deemed to constitute regularisation of the incide…

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

Article D131-25

The bank charges levied by the drawee for the rejection of a cheque for insufficient or no funds include all sums invoiced by the drawee to the account holder, regardless of the denomination and justi…

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

Article R131-20

When the account holder has paid the amount of the unpaid cheque to the beneficiary, he must provide proof of payment by remitting the cheque to the drawee.

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

Article R131-21

If the rejected cheque has been paid when presented again, the drawer shall report this to the drawee.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information

Article L784-14

…article L. 229-7 du code de l'environnement are not applicable; 2° References to Law no. 68-678 of 26 July 1968 are n…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information

Article L783-14

…article L. 229-7 du code de l'environnement are not applicable; 2° References to Law no. 68-678 of 26 July 1968 are n…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information

Article L785-13

…article L. 229-7 du code de l'environnement are not applicable; 2° References to Law no. 68-678 of 26 July 1968 are n…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-27

I.-Without prejudice to the application of the provisions of Article R. 351-23, original own funds items are included in Tier 1 original own funds for a maximum period of ten years after 1 January 201…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Notice of modification

Article R3135-10

For concession contracts not covered by Chapter VI of Title II of this Book, the conceding authority publishes a notice of modification of the concession contract in the cases provided for in Articles…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Specific insurance accounting policies and valuations

Article A343-2-2

For listed securities, the estimate provided for in Article R. 343-10 is made according to the same rules as those defined in article 121-6 of regulation no. 2015-11 of 26 November 2015 of the Autorit…

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