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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Transmission

Article L131-23

An endorsement on a bearer cheque makes the endorser liable under the provisions governing recourse; moreover, it does not convert the instrument into a promissory cheque.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Practical procedures and deadlines in the event of unauthorised or incorrectly executed payment transactions

Article L133-23

Where a Payment Service User denies having authorised a payment transaction which has been executed, or claims that the payment transaction has not been executed correctly, the onus shall be on his Pa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Securities lending

Article L211-23

The rules governing remuneration paid for loans of financial securities are set out in article 38 bis, section 2 of the General Tax Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Treasury bills

Article L213-23

Credit institutions, finance companies and investment firms must deposit Treasury bills belonging to them with the Banque de France if the total nominal amount of these bills exceeds €750.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Investor information

Article L214-23

I. - The SICAV and the management company, for each of the UCITS it manages, publish :1° A prospectus containing, in particular, the SICAV's articles of association or the fund rules ;2° An annual rep…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: People's savings plan

Article L221-23

A Conseil d'Etat decree specifies the eligible transactions covered by the Mutual Insurance Code, Title III of Book VII of the Social Security Code or Article 1050 of the Rural Code and the procedures…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Implementation

Article L224-23

A compulsory retirement savings plan may be set up using one of the methods mentioned inArticle L. 911-1 of the Social Security Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Access to payment account services held by credit institutions

Article L312-23

The rules governing access by payment institutions and electronic money institutions to payment account services held by credit institutions on behalf of other payment service providers shall be objec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Leave of absence and maternity leave.

Article L1225-23

When childbirth occurs more than six weeks before the expected date and requires postnatal hospitalisation of the child, maternity leave is extended by the number of days running from the actual date…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Trial period.

Article L1221-23

The trial period and the possibility of renewing it are not presumed. They must be expressly stipulated in the letter of engagement or the employment contract.

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