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

Article R131-2

…achieved by the drawee affixing to the cheque a form containing, in addition to his signature, details of the certification and the date thereof, the amount for which the cheque was drawn up and the n…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Notification to the Banque de France of payment incidents and regularisations.

Article R131-27

The Banque de France cancels the declaration of a payment incident at the request of the drawee in the following cases: 1° When the refusal to pay or the issuing of the non-payment advice note is the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Injunction and regularisation

Article R131-23

When all incidents that have occurred on the account have been regularised in accordance with the procedures set out in this sub-section, a document certifying this regularisation is given or sent to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Injunction and regularisation

Article D131-25

The bank charges levied by the drawee for the rejection of a cheque for insufficient or no funds include all sums invoiced by the drawee to the account holder, regardless of the denomination and justi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Injunction and regularisation

Article R131-20

When the account holder has paid the amount of the unpaid cheque to the beneficiary, he must provide proof of payment by remitting the cheque to the drawee.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Injunction and regularisation

Article R131-21

If the rejected cheque has been paid when presented again, the drawer shall report this to the drawee.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Injunction and regularisation

Article R131-24

A joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of the Economy shall specify the information that must be included in the injunctions, notices and other documents provided for in this sub-se…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Notification to the Banque de France of payment incidents and regularisations.

Article R131-28

The decisions referred to in Article 103-1 of Decree no. 85-1388 of 27 December 1985 on the reorganisation and judicial liquidation of companies are forwarded by the Banque de France to each banker wh…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Contract reference value.

Article A131-2

The value referred to in article R. 131-2 is obtained by dividing the net assets of the real estate or property company by the number of shares or units. The net assets are those shown in the last bal…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D131-2

Persons subject to the provisions of articles L. 212-9 and L. 322-1 are informed by the sports federations that they may be subject to a control relating to compliance with their good repute obligatio…

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