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

Article L131-86

The Banque de France shall provide information to any person who, on receiving a cheque for the payment of a good or service, wishes to check that the cheque was properly issued in accordance with thi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Indexation

Article L112-3

By way of derogation from the provisions of article L. 112-1 and the first and second paragraphs of article L. 112-2 and in accordance with procedures defined by decree, the following may be indexed t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Charges or reductions for the use of a given payment instrument

Article L112-11

…ction fees distinguishes, for each category of products or services, the subtotal of fees collected and the number of corresponding products or services.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Creation and form of cheque

Article L131-9

…er, this domiciliation may not be made against the will of the bearer, unless the cheque is crossed and the domiciliation takes place at the Banque de France, on the same square.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Transmission

Article L131-19

…wn as an allonge. It must be signed by the endorser. The endorser's signature is affixed either by hand or by any non-handwritten method. The endorsement may not name the beneficiary or may simply con…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Transmission

Article L131-26

…eur en recouvrement", "pour encaissement", "par procuration", or any other words implying a simple mandate, the bearer may exercise all the rights arising from the cheque, but may only endorse the che…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment

Article L131-42

…eque, the owner of the cheque must contact the immediate endorser, who is required to lend his name and care to act towards his own endorser, going from endorser to endorser right up to the drawer of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Issuing cheques in several copies

Article L131-56

With the exception of bearer cheques, any cheque issued in one country and payable in another country or in an overseas part of the same country and vice versa, or issued and payable in the same part…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 11: Protest

Article L131-64

Notaries and bailiffs are required, on pain of dismissal, costs and damages to the parties, to leave an exact copy of the protests. Subject to the same penalties, they are also required to hand over t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Authorisation of a payment transaction

Article L133-6

…nt transaction is authorised if the payer has given his consent to its execution.However, the payer and his payment service provider may agree that the payer may give his consent to the payment transa…

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