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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article L533-27

Investment firms shall devote the necessary human and financial resources to the training of the persons mentioned in I of Article L. 533-26.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-38

I. - The bearer may exercise his remedies against the endorsers, the drawer and the other obligees:1° On maturity, if payment has not taken place;2° Even before maturity:a) If there has been a total o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-39

Refusal of acceptance or payment must be recorded in a notarised deed known as a protest faute d'acceptation or faute de paiement. The protest in default of acceptance must be made within the time lim…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-51

Independently of the formalities prescribed for the exercise of the action in warranty, the bearer of a bill of exchange protested for lack of payment may, by obtaining the permission of the judge, se…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-42

The bearer must give notice of non-acceptance or non-payment to his endorser within four working days following the day of the protest or the day of presentation in the case of a no-cost return clause…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-44

All those who have drawn, accepted, endorsed or guaranteed a bill of exchange are jointly and severally liable to the bearer. The bearer has the right to act against all these persons, individually or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-41

When the last day of the period allowed for the completion of the act of notification of the non-execution of the money transfer order or postal cheque is a public holiday, this period is extended unt…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-47

Any obligor against whom recourse is exercised or who is exposed to recourse may demand, against reimbursement, the surrender of the bill of exchange with the protest and an acquitted account. Any end…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-50

When the presentation of the bill of exchange or the making of the protest within the prescribed time limits is prevented by an insurmountable obstacle such as the legal prescription of any State or a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-48

If recourse is exercised after partial acceptance, the person who reimburses the sum for which the letter was not accepted may require that this reimbursement be mentioned on the letter and that he be…

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