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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 11: Protest

Article L131-63

No act on the part of the bearer of the cheque may replace the act of protest, except in the case provided for in Articles L. 131-40 to L. 131-43 concerning the loss of the cheque.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Bills of exchange and promissory notes

Article L132-2

Promissory notes are governed by articles L. 512-1 to L. 512-8 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Execution time for payment transactions and value dates

Article L133-12

…ayment transactions carried out in euros and to payment transactions involving a single conversion between the euro and the official currency of a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibition on cash payment of certain claims

Article L112-6-1

…tic form and giving rise to land publicity must be made by bank transfer. A decree in the Conseil d'Etat specifies the procedures for carrying out this transfer and the threshold below which other met…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibition on cash payment of certain claims

Article L112-8

…a payment institution or an electronic money institution as part of the provision of payment services. The cooperatives authorise these establishments to provide the Inspectorate General of Finance an…

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

Article L131-10

A cheque written in both words and figures is only valid for the amount written in words in the event of a difference. Where a cheque is written more than once, either in words or in figures, the diff…

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

Article L131-12

…purported principal would have had. The same applies to a representative who has exceeded his powers.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Transmission

Article L131-16

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…

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

Article L131-83

A drawee who has paid a cheque despite the absence, insufficiency or unavailability of funds shall, except in the case provided for in the first paragraph of II of Article L. 131-81, be subrogated to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Relationship between the respective payment service providers and the payment service user

Article L133-17-1

…service provider managing the account shall inform the payment service user, in the manner agreed between the parties, of the refusal of access to the payment account and of the reasons for that refu…

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