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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 10: Limitation period

Article L131-59

…ed after six months from the expiry of the time limit for presentation. Actions for recourse by the various persons liable for payment of a cheque against each other shall be time-barred after six mon…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article L133-5

The liability provided for in Sections 2 to 9 of this Chapter shall not apply in cases of force majeure or where the payment service provider is bound by other legal obligations under national or Comm…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Power of attorney

Article L112-5

If payment is made in notes and coins, it is the debtor's responsibility to make up the difference.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Alteration

Article L131-58

If the text of the cheque is altered, signatories subsequent to the alteration are bound by the terms of the altered text; earlier signatories are bound by the terms of the original text.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Fundamental missions

Article L141-5

…f the Treaty establishing the European Community, which grants the European Central Bank the exclusive right to authorise the issue of banknotes in the Community, the Banque de France has the exclusiv…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L144-5

A decree sets the maximum period during which information held by the Banque de France on the situation of managers and entrepreneurs may be disclosed to third parties.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General rules.

Article L213-5

…re negotiable securities which, in a single issue, confer the same debt rights for the same nominal value.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-58

Predominantly open-ended real estate investment companies or fund management companies shall provide the external valuation experts they have appointed with all the documents, information and means of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-56

The external valuation expert, any member of a management body or any person who, in any capacity whatsoever, participates in the direction or management of an external valuation expert or who is empl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-53

Under the conditions and at the intervals stipulated in the general regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers, open-ended investment companies with predominantly real estate assets and the ma…

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