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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Metal parts.

Article R121-4

…Bank, the packaging, payment and identification standards applicable to euro coins, which must be met by payments of euro coins made to them.

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

Article R121-12

…ve Officer under the conditions and within the limits, including any financial thresholds, that it determines. The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer shall report to the next meeting of the Board on…

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

Article D131-25

…d by the drawee to the account holder, regardless of the denomination and justification of these sums. In particular, the costs generated by the drawee's obligation, under article L. 131-73, to inform…

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

Article R131-26

The notice of non-payment for insufficient funds drawn up pursuant to article L. 131-84 must include all the information provided for in 1°, 2°, 4°, 5°, 6° and 8° of article R. 131-12, as well as the…

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

Article R131-29

…of the incident declarations concerning cheques issued prior to the judgement opening the proceedings.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Prohibition on issuing cheques ordered by the criminal court.

Article R131-33

When the prohibition provided for in article L. 163-6 has been imposed, the Public Prosecutor shall immediately notify the enforceable decision to the Banque de France, which shall acknowledge receipt…

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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 R131-37

When the cheque presented for payment must be declared to the Banque de France pursuant to the provisions of articles R. 131-34 and R. 131-35 and payment is refused for lack of sufficient funds, the d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R121-5

…omy.It may be referred to by the acronym "MdP".Its head office is located at 11, quai de Conti, Paris.

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

Article R121-10

I. - The Board of Directors meets as often as the interests of the institution require, and in any event at least four times a year.The meeting is held at the registered office of the institution or a…

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

Article R121-20

The establishment is subject to economic and financial control under the conditions laid down by decree no. 53-707 of 9 August 1953 relating to State control of national public companies and certain b…

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