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Showing 29612970 of 15236 articles for Art. s. 496 et 504

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recording by bankers of cheque payment incidents due to insufficient funds.

Article R131-13

…date on which it was notified of the ban. It records the lifting of the ban under the same conditions.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Injunction and regularisation

Article R131-23

…ncidents that have occurred on the account have been regularised in accordance with the procedures set out in this sub-section, a document certifying this regularisation is given or sent to the accoun…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Notification to the Banque de France of payment incidents and regularisations.

Article R131-28

…me, re-register the payment incidents for which it has requested cancellation under the conditions set out in the second paragraph above, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article R. 131-12…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Notification to the Banque de France of breaches of cheque-writing bans.

Article R131-35

The drawee to whom a cheque is presented for payment, issued on an account whose holder is subject to a ban imposed in application of article L. 163-6, must, when the date of presentation of the chequ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Other institutions

Article L785-5

Article L. 615-1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, as amended byOrder no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks, composition and operating rules

Article L785-6

…above: 1° The references to the units mentioned in Article L. 229-7 of the Environment Code are deleted; 2° In Article L. 621-5-3, in i) of 4° of II, the references to Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R121-11

The Board of Directors adopts internal rules setting out the framework for the performance of its duties. It may set up specialised advisory committees from among its members and determine their compo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Information provided by the Banque de France to bankers, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article R131-42

…d in the first two paragraphs, the banker ensures that this information matches the identification details available to him, in particular the account number, surname, first names, date and place of b…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Information provided by the Banque de France to bankers, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article R131-43

The Banque de France shall provide bankers, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions, at their request, with information relating to cheque payment incidents recorded…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial and accounting system.

Article R121-17

…buildings endowed to it and, in general, all expenditure necessary for the performance of its duties.

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