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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Metal parts.

Article R121-4

…t sign an agreement with the Banque de France or the Institut d'émission des départements d'outre-mer. This agreement specifies in particular the conditions under which the latter, acting on behalf of…

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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 R131-44

All bankers must question the Banque de France before issuing cheque forms to a new account holder for the first time. The answers must be kept for two years.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Submission deadlines and payment deadlines.

Article R131-4

…ation and protest of a cheque may only be made on a business day. Where the last day of the period set for the performance of the acts relating to the cheque, and in particular for the presentation or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R131-47

…mentioning the inadequacy of the funds in reserve. The notice is attached to the cheque when it is returned to the issuer.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R131-46

…It specifies that the drawee is not obliged to pay the cheque pursuant to 1 and 2 of I of article L. 131-81 and article L. 131-82. If the cheque has been issued in defiance of an injunction issued p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation of the General Council.

Article R142-4

…r than the Governor, the Deputy Governors, the Vice-Chairman of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and the General Councillor representing staff, shall receive an allowance for each…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Registration of financial securities

Article R211-4

An owner of registered financial securities may instruct an intermediary referred to in Article L. 211-3 to maintain his securities account with an issuer or to administer the entries appearing in the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Offences relating to currency.

Article R162-4

…e France or the public institution La Monnaie de Paris shall be punished in accordance with article R. 645-9 of the French Criminal Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Approval of the accounts.

Article R144-4

…licable, the deductions provided for in the agreement referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 141-2 are made in priority from the net profit for the year.A 5% deduction from the net profit fo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Prior application for examination of an activity

Article R151-4

When an entity governed by French law submits a request to the Minister for an opinion as to whether all or part of the activity of this entity falls within the scope of I of Article L. 151-3, the Min…

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