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

Article R131-16

The injunction letter specifies the means by which the right to regularise may be exercised.

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

Article R131-18

The injunctions provided for in this paragraph are sent by the drawee to the account holder even if the account on which the cheque or cheques were drawn has been closed. This obligation ceases at the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Provisions relating to sports betting bans

Article R131-45-1

The file sent by the sports federation's authorised agent to the Autorité nationale des jeux or to the company La Française des jeux, as well as the results of the computer matching operations, are ke…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Notification to the Banque de France of breaches of cheque-writing bans.

Article R131-36

The declarations required by articles R. 131-34 and R. 131-35 must include all the information specified in 1°, 2°, 4°, 6° and 8° of article R. 131-12.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Notification to the Banque de France of breaches of cheque-writing bans.

Article R131-37

When the cheque presented for payment must be declared to the Banque de France pursuant to the provisions of articles R. 131-34 and R. 131-35 and payment is refused for lack of sufficient funds, the d…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of authorisation

Article R131-5

The application for approval must be accompanied by:1° A copy of the articles of association, the internal rules and the disciplinary rules, as well as a copy of the receipt for the declaration provid…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of authorisation

Article R131-4

By way of derogation from 4° of article R. 131-3, the following may be approved regardless of how long they have been in existence: 1° Federations created by the transformation of a specialised commis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Information provided by the Banque de France to bankers, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article R131-42

The Banque de France shall inform any banker concerned of any cheque-writing bans resulting from the application of Articles L. 131-73 or L. 163-6, no later than the second working day following recei…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Provisions relating to sports betting bans

Article R131-38

The processing authorised by article R. 131-37 may concern categories of personal data relating to:1° The identity of the person subject to the betting ban provided for in c) of article L. 131-16 (sur…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification to the Banque de France of closed accounts and theft or loss of cheque forms.

Article R131-32

The banker shall notify the Banque de France of account closures other than those resulting from a transfer to its establishment and of stop payments as referred to in article L. 131-84 as soon as pos…

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