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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The General Council.

Article R142-6

The General Councillor representing the staff of the Banque de France is elected by a single ballot. They may be re-elected. The election is held by secret ballot.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R144-11

The head office of the Banque de France is at 1, rue La Vrillière, Paris.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Reporting obligations.

Article R152-2

Residents declare to the Banque de France the statistical data required to understand France's international investment position, when their outstanding assets and claims abroad or their debts to fore…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Definition and general rules.

Article D211-1 A

…ts referred to in III of Article L. 211-1 are : 1. Options, futures, swaps, forward rate agreements and all other forward contracts relating to financial instruments, currencies, interest rates, yield…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial securities.

Article R211-5

Financial securities in mandatory registered form may only be traded on a trading platform once they have been placed in an administration account.Financial securities that are not in registered form…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rules applicable to other payment instruments

Article D133-1

…urposes of Article L. 133-6, where a specific payment instrument is used to give consent, the payer and the payment service provider may agree spending limits for payment transactions executed with th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rules applicable to other payment instruments

Article D133-10

…solution, after receiving the opinion of the Banque de France underArticle L. 521-8 of the Monetary and Financial Code. Payment service providers managing accounts wishing to benefit from the exemptio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of the Bank.

Article R142-21

General Managers, Department Managers and Branch Managers may sub-delegate their signature to managerial staff and, in the event of their absence or impediment, to permanent office staff and permanent…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title VI: Criminal provisions

Article R163-1

Requiring or inducing, by any means whatsoever, directly or indirectly, for the payment of a sum in excess of 15 euros, the delivery of one or more cheques for an amount less than or equal to 15 euros…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial securities.

Article R211-3

…r maintaining securities accounts or registering securities in a shared electronic recording system and appoints an agent for this purpose, it shall publish the name and address of its agent in the Bu…

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