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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 793

…three-quarters of the fraction of the net value corresponding to the assets referred to in a below and sums deposited in a forestry investment and insurance account provided for in Chapter II of Titl…

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

Article L131-70

…ach form the name of the person to whom the form is issued. Any banker who, having sufficient funds and in the absence of any stop payment, refuses to pay a cheque duly drawn on his bank is liable for…

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

Article L131-73

…kers of which he is a client the cheque forms in his possession or in the possession of his agents, and to refrain from issuing any cheques other than those enabling the drawer to withdraw funds exclu…

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

Article L112-7

…re liable to a fine, the amount of which is set taking into account the seriousness of the breaches and which may not exceed 5% of the sums paid in breach of the aforementioned provisions. The debtor…

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

Article L131-79

Disputes relating to the cheque-writing ban are referred to the civil courts.Legal action before the civil court has no suspensive effect. However, the court seised may, even in summary proceedings, o…

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

Article L131-7

…r himself, except in the case of a cheque drawn between different establishments of the same drawer and provided that the cheque is not to bearer.

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

Article L131-71

…made available to the account holder free of charge. Cheque forms may be issued crossed in advance and made non-transferable by endorsement by an express statement by the banker, except in favour of…

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

Article L131-74

…ayment made by the drawer to the account from which the unpaid cheque was issued is allocated first and foremost to the constitution of a provision for full payment of the cheque.

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

Article L131-78

The holder of an account who has been served with an injunction to stop issuing cheques shall recover this right as soon as he has regularised the situation in accordance with the conditions set out i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Authorisation of a payment transaction

Article L133-7

Consent is given in the form agreed between the payer and his payment service provider.Consent may be given through the payee or through a payment service provider providing a payment initiation servi…

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