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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Definitions and missions

Article L721-23

…nsible for studying issues relating to bank charges in the local authorities referred to in Article L. 721-4. It periodically publishes statements on changes in charges and differences between institu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Identification of accounts and treatment of overindebtedness

Article L721-27

…ediaries in participative financing when they exercise intermediation within the meaning of Article L. 548-1 for loan transactions against payment or free of charge, providers of participative financi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Obligations of intermediary payment service providers and cooperation obligations

Article L722-14

I.-The intermediary payment service provider shall apply effective procedures to detect whether the fields relating to information on the payer and payee provided for in the messaging or payment and s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Stability of the financial system

Article L733-4

…adaptation provisions provided for in II and III: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 141-5-1 law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 141-6-1Order 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 II - For th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Payment transactions and transfers of funds in Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L722-1

…euros where the payment service provider of the payee and that of the payer, as defined in Article L. 521-1, are located : 1° One in mainland France, the overseas departments, the Department of Mayot…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Reporting obligations

Article L722-7

…ntative, as the case may be, to file a disclosure declaration within a period and under conditions set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.Customs officers may withhold cash until the sender, recipient or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obligations of the payer's payment service provider

Article L722-9

…d outside the territory of the French Republic, I does not apply to individual transfers grouped together in these batches provided that the batch contains the information mentioned in I and that this…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Data retention and penalties

Article L722-17

Failure to comply with the information requirements set out in Articles L. 722-9 to L. 722-16 may be subject to administrative police measures or penalties under the conditions set out in Article L. 5…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Definitions and missions

Article L721-18

…e-mer is a public institution. Its articles of association are laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.The Institut d'émission d'outre-mer implements the State's monetary policy in the CFP franc zon…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Foreign financial relations

Article L732-5

…8° of article 6-2 of Organic Law no. 99-209 of 19 March 1999, subject to the adaptation provisions set out in II, the following shall apply ipso jure in New Caledonia: 1° Article L. 151-1 ; 2° Article…

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