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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment.

Article R131-4

The presentation and protest of a cheque may only be made on a business day. Where the last day of the period set for the performance of the acts relating to the cheque, and in particular for the pres…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article R131-47

…used payment of a cheque for a reason other than the absence or inadequacy of the funds in reserve, and where the funds in reserve are insufficient to allow payment, the drawee must draw up a notice f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article R131-46

…ue for the payee. This certificate states that the drawer is deprived of the right to issue cheques and that this right will only be recovered after a period of five years if the amount of the cheque…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The General Council.

Article R142-4

…or, the Deputy Governors, the Vice-Chairman of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and the General Councillor representing staff, shall receive an allowance for each meeting of the Ge…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial securities.

Article R211-4

…owner of registered financial securities may instruct an intermediary referred to in Article L. 211-3 to maintain his securities account with an issuer or to administer the entries appearing in the sh…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title VI: Criminal provisions

Article R162-4

…person who has received counterfeit or falsified coins or banknotes that are legal tender in France and refuses to hand them over or have them handed over to the Banque de France or the public institu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rules applicable to other payment instruments

Article D133-4

Where the liability of a payment service provider under Article L. 133-22 is attributable to another payment service provider or an intermediary, the said payment service provider or intermediary shal…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Budgetary and financial provisions

Article R144-4

…ble, the deductions provided for in the agreement referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 141-2 are made in priority from the net profit for the year.A 5% deduction from the net profit for th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article R151-4

…to whether all or part of the activity of this entity falls within the scope of I of Article L. 151-3, the Minister for the Economy shall respond within two months. Under the same conditions, an inves…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article R131-49

Where the account holder is subject to compulsory registration in the Trade and Companies Register or the National Register of Companies as a business in the trades and crafts sector and the amount of…

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