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Showing 211–220 of 15236 articles for “Art. s. 496 et 504”
…change these notes at its counters for other types of legal tender notes within a period of ten years. The provisions relating to lost or stolen bearer securities do not apply to legal tender notes.
The endorsement may also be made for the benefit of the drawer or any other obligor. These persons may endorse the cheque again.
Endorsement transfers all rights arising from the cheque, in particular ownership of the funds. If the endorsement is blank, the bearer may: 1. fill in the blank, either with his or her name or with t…
The guarantor is bound in the same way as the person he has guaranteed. His undertaking is valid even if the obligation he has guaranteed would be null and void for any reason other than a formal defe…
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…
Wages are paid under the conditions set out in Article L. 3241-1 of the French Labour Code.
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…
Cheques issued and payable in mainland France must be presented for payment within eight days. Cheques issued outside mainland France and payable in mainland France must be presented for payment withi…
…se of the cheque, or in the event of the bearer's bankruptcy, receivership or liquidation proceedings. The drawer must immediately confirm his stop payment in writing, regardless of the medium used. A…
…lly or collectively, without being obliged to observe the order in which they have obliged themselves. The same right belongs to any signatory of a cheque who has reimbursed it. An action brought agai…
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