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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 Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-5-3

The provisions of articles L. 131-4 to L. 131-5-1 are of public order

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of delegations

Article R131-28-1

The following documents are appended to the delegation contract: 1° The contract of republican commitment mentioned in article L. 131-8 ; 2° A presentation of the national strategy to promote the prin…

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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
Subsection 9: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R131-46

A drawee who has refused payment of all or part of a cheque for lack of sufficient funds must draw up a certificate of rejection of the cheque for the payee. This certificate states that the drawer is…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of authorisation

Article R131-5-1

The federation shall submit the application for renewal of the approval to the Minister responsible for sport at least four months before the expiry date of the approval. The Minister ensures that the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers of the delegated federations

Article R131-35

The rules referred to in article R. 131-33 are issued in accordance with the procedure laid down in articles R. 142-8 to R. 142-11 and in compliance with the provisions of the last two paragraphs of a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-3-3

A Conseil d'Etat decree sets out the terms and conditions for applying articles L. 131-3-1 and L. 131-3-2. In particular, it defines the conditions under which a civil servant who is the author of a w…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Registration of sworn freight brokers on the list of the Court of Appeal

Article R131-6

Honorary membership may be conferred on a sworn broker who has retired by resignation after twenty years of practising the profession. The decision is taken in the forms and according to the procedure…

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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

The Banque de France shall inform any banker concerned of any cheque-writing bans resulting from the application of Articles L. 131-73 or L. 163-6, no later than the second working day following recei…

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