Article L131-12
A person who signs a cheque as the representative 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 princi…
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A person who signs a cheque as the representative 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 princi…
A cheque made payable to a named person with or without an express "to order" clause is transferable by endorsement. A cheque payable to a named person with a "not to order" clause or an equivalent cl…
Any change, as a result of the introduction of the euro, in the composition or definition of a variable rate or an index referred to in an agreement shall have no effect on the application of that agr…
The endorsement may also be made for the benefit of the drawer or any other obligor. These persons may endorse the cheque again.
The payer's payment service provider(s) and the payee's payment service provider(s) and their intermediaries involved in the execution of a payment transaction transfer the total amount of the payment…
If the cheque bears the signatures of persons incapable of binding themselves by cheque, or forged signatures, or signatures of fictitious persons, or signatures which for any other reason cannot bind…
The drawer guarantees payment. Any clause by which the drawer exonerates himself from this guarantee shall be deemed unwritten.
The endorsement must be pure and simple. Any condition to which it is subject is deemed unwritten. Partial endorsement is null and void. The endorsement of the drawee is also null and void. A bearer e…
Anyone handing over a cheque for payment must prove their identity by means of an official document bearing their photograph.
Where the payee of a payment offers a discount to the payer for the use of a given payment instrument, the payee shall inform the payer before the payment transaction is initiated.The payee may not ch…
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