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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 R131-34

A drawee who is presented with a cheque for payment issued on an account whose holder is subject to a ban implemented in connection with a previous incident must notify the Banque de France no later t…

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

Article R131-3

The periods provided for in this chapter do not include the day from which they start.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Information to the judicial authorities by the Banque de France.

Article R131-38

The Banque de France may inform the Public Prosecutor and, at his request, provide him with information relating to cheque issues that have been reported to it as constituting a breach of a prohibitio…

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

Article R142-3

…sts of the Banque de France require, and at least six times a year, at the invitation of the Governor. It meets on an extraordinary basis when requested to do so by at least half of the members of the…

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

Article R144-3

The financial year begins on 1 January and ends on 31 December. At the end of the financial year, the Governor draws up the annual accounts, together with a written report on the situation of the Banq…

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

Article R211-3

Where the issuer is responsible for maintaining securities accounts or registering securities in a shared electronic recording system and appoints an agent for this purpose, it shall publish the name…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article R163-3

It is an offence for any person responsible in any capacity whatsoever for the management or administration of a credit institution or one of the institutions or services mentioned in Article L. 518-1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Fonds commun de placement à risques.

Article R214-38

For the purposes of calculating the 15% limit referred to in 1° of II of article L. 214-28, the denominator is the higher of the following two amounts: the fund's net assets or the paid-up amount of s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operation of Livret A passbook accounts.

Article R221-3

No transaction may result in the account being in debit. The minimum amount for individual cash withdrawals or deposits on a Livret A passbook account is set at 10 euros. The amount referred to in the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions relating to beneficiaries of people's savings passbook accounts.

Article R221-39

Where a people's savings account has been opened at the request of a minor without the involvement of the minor's legal representative, the latter's objection to the withdrawal by the minor of sums cr…

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