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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The Institut d'émission d'outre-mer (French overseas note-issuing bank)

Article L721-22

Any person who participates or has participated in the performance of the tasks of the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer is bound by professional secrecy. Any person who participates or has participated…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The Institut d'émission d'outre-mer (French overseas note-issuing bank)

Article L721-23

Within the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer, an observatory of bank charges is responsible for studying issues relating to bank charges in the local authorities referred to in Article L. 721-4. It peri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The Institut d'émission d'outre-mer (French overseas note-issuing bank)

Article L721-27

The Institut d'émission d'outre-mer may contact directly companies and professional groups that are willing to participate in its surveys. These voluntary companies and professional groups provide the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Information on the payer and beneficiary accompanying transfers of funds

Article L722-14

I.-The intermediary payment service provider shall apply effective procedures to detect whether the fields relating to information on the payer and payee provided for in the messaging or payment and s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L733-4

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table, shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Payment transactions and transfers of funds in Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L722-1

I.-A decree shall specify the procedures for implementing credit transfers and direct debits denominated in euros where the payment service provider of the payee and that of the payer, as defined in A…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transfers of funds

Article L722-7

When cash in an amount equal to or greater than €10,000 or 1,193,300 CFP francs is part of a consignment coming from or going to a foreign country, without the intervention of a bearer, customs office…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Information on the payer and beneficiary accompanying transfers of funds

Article L722-9

I.-1° The originator's payment service provider ensures that fund transfers are accompanied by the following information on the originator: a) Name; b) Payment account number; c) Address, official ide…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Information on the payer and beneficiary accompanying transfers of funds

Article L722-17

Failure to comply with the information requirements set out in Articles L. 722-9 to L. 722-16 may be subject to administrative police measures or penalties under the conditions set out in Article L. 5…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The Institut d'émission d'outre-mer (French overseas note-issuing bank)

Article L721-18

The Institut d'émission d'outre-mer is a public institution. Its articles of association are laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.The Institut d'émission d'outre-mer implements the State's moneta…

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