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

Article L131-78

…oon as he has regularised the situation in accordance with the conditions set out in Article L. 131-73. If the account holder has not rectified the situation, the right to issue cheques will not be re…

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

Article L131-72

…he drawer from the drawee or for certification may not, subject to the provisions of Article L. 131-78 and under the conditions set out in that Article, be issued to the holder of an account or to his…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article L163-7

…bition imposed under article L. 163-6, and is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 375,000 euros. The same penalties shall apply if an agent knowingly issues one or more cheques that t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L151-7

I.- Each year, the Government sends the chairmen of the committees responsible for economic affairs and the general rapporteurs of the committees responsible for finance of each assembly a report on t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custody account and registration in a shared electronic recording system

Article L211-7

Financial securities admitted to the operations of a central depository may be registered in a securities account held by an intermediary referred to in Article L. 211-3, unless the issuer decides oth…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other missions of general interest and other activities

Article L141-7

The Banque de France also carries out other tasks in the public interest. Within this framework, the Banque de France performs services requested by the State or carried out for third parties with the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other securities giving or which may give access to capital or voting rights

Article L212-7

The rules governing the issue of securities giving access to the capital and the holders of these securities are set out in Articles L. 228-91 to L. 228-106 of the French Commercial Code relating to s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Special rules relating to real estate investment funds

Article L214-75

The management company is liable to third parties or unitholders either for breaches of the legislative or regulatory provisions applicable to real estate investment funds, or for breaches of the fund…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Special rules relating to real estate investment funds

Article L214-72

In all cases where provisions relating to property ownership or to companies and financial instruments require the name, first name and domicile of the holder of the assets or securities to be indicat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special rules relating to sociétés de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable (real estate investment companies with variable capital)

Article L214-70

Notwithstanding the provisions of the French Commercial Code, the terms of liquidation and the distribution of assets are determined by the company's Articles of Association. The management company ac…

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