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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions relating to money market instruments

Article 1343

The debtor of an obligation to pay a sum of money is discharged by payment of its nominal amount. The amount of the sum due may vary through indexation. The debtor of a debt of value is discharged by…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The creditor's formal notice

Article 1345

Where the creditor, on the due date and without legitimate cause, refuses to receive the payment due to him or prevents it by his act, the debtor may give him formal notice to accept or allow performa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Creation and form of cheque

Article L131-13

The drawer guarantees payment. Any clause by which the drawer exonerates himself from this guarantee shall be deemed unwritten.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Charges or reductions for the use of a given payment instrument

Article L112-13

…payer is only required to pay the charges referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 112-12 and in the first paragraph of this Article if he was aware of their total amount before initiating t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Execution time for payment transactions and value dates

Article L133-13

…ia the payee, to the payer's payment service provider within the timeframe agreed between the payee and his payment service provider. These deadlines must allow direct debits to be settled on the agre…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Transitional provisions

Article L211-13

The provisions of this sub-section do not apply to bonds issued before 3 November 1984, amortisable by drawing numbers. Nor do they concern perpetual annuities on the State, held in registered form, i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Employee profit-sharing and incentive schemes

Article L212-13

The rules governing employee profit-sharing are set out in Chapter I of Title IV of Book IV of the French Labour Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.

Article L213-13

…ed by a rate of interest defined by order of the Minister for the Economy, which may not exceed two and a half percentage points. Within this limit, the contract of issue may provide for variable remu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Other provisions

Article L214-13

…ral Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers, responsibility for centralising subscription and redemption orders for UCITS units or shares vis-à-vis third parties is entrusted by the UCITS or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-134

…L. 225-68, the second paragraph of article L. 225-131, articles L. 225-258 to L. 225-270, L. 232-2 and L. 232-10 of the French Commercial Code do not apply to SICAFs.

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