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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Liability in the event of an incorrectly executed payment transaction

Article L133-22

…der is liable under the first paragraph for the incorrectly executed payment transaction, it shall return the amount to the payer without delay. If necessary, it shall restore the debited account to t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Recourse in the event of non-payment

Article L131-55

When the presentation of the cheque or the preparation of the protest within the prescribed time limits is prevented by an insurmountable obstacle such as legal prescription or other case of force maj…

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

Article L131-84

The drawee who has refused payment of a cheque for lack of sufficient funds or who has closed an account on which cheque forms have been issued or who has registered a stop payment order for loss or t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibition on cash payment of certain claims

Article L112-6-1-A

…to renting accommodation located in France may not make any payment to the lessor by means of a monetary value stored in electronic form and usable by means of a physical medium within the meaning of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Provision of cash as part of a payment transaction

Article L112-14

…e terms and conditions for the provision of the service referred to in I of this article. It shall determine: 1° The minimum amount of the payment transaction for the purchase of goods or services for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: La Monnaie de Paris

Article L121-4

…justified by the particular situation of these technical civil servants may be made by a Conseil d'Etat decree.

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

Article L131-2

The cheque contains : 1. The name of the cheque, inserted in the actual text of the cheque and expressed in the language used for drafting the cheque; 2. A pure and simple mandate to pay a specific su…

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

Article L131-3

…the particulars specified in article L. 131-2 shall not be valid as a cheque, except in the cases set out in the following paragraphs. In the absence of any special indication, the place designated n…

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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 3: Transmission

Article L131-18

The endorsement must be pure and simple. Any condition to which it is subject is deemed unwritten. Partial endorsement is null and void. The endorsement of the drawee is also null and void. A bearer e…

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