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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article R312-11

The Observatory meets at least once every six months, convened by its Chairman, at the latter's initiative or at the request of the Minister for the Economy or the Minister for Social Affairs.On the p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article R312-4

The rules relating to unseizable bank balances are set out in articles R. 162-1 to R. 162-8, R. 112-5 and R. 213-10 of the Code of Civil Enforcement Procedures, reproduced below:…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article D312-5

The basic services referred to in II of Article L. 312-1 include :1° Account opening, maintenance and closure ;2° One change of address per year;3° Issuing bank identity statements on request;4° Direc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article R312-9

The Banking Inclusion Observatory has eighteen members:1° Six ex officio members:a) The Governor of the Banque de France or his representative, Chairman of the Observatory ;b) The Director General of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article R312-15

Pursuant to Article L. 631-1, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall monitor compliance by credit institutions with the provisions of this sub-section.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article R312-16

The Chairman of the Banking Inclusion Observatory shall communicate to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution any information that is relevant to the performance of the latter's duties.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article R312-10

The members of the Observatory mentioned in 2° and 3° of article R. 312-9 are appointed for a renewable term of three years.If a seat falls vacant during the term of office due to the resignation of i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article D312-8-2

The association or foundation acting in the name and on behalf of a natural person shall specify to the latter the documents required to exercise the right to an account with the Banque de France, as…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Accounts and deposits.

Article R312-18

For the purposes of Article L. 312-2, issues of debt securities are treated as collections of repayable funds from the public when they comply with the following conditions and limits:1° These issues…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article D312-1-1

I.-Credit and payment institutions are required to use the following names:A.-List of the most representative services attached to a payment account :1° Subscription to remote banking services (intern…

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