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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L151-1

Financial relations between France and other countries are free. This freedom shall be exercised in accordance with the procedures laid down in this chapter, in compliance with the international commi…

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

Article L162-1

The counterfeiting and falsification of coins and banknotes, as well as the transport, putting into circulation and possession with a view to putting into circulation of counterfeit or falsified coins…

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

Article L162-2

Any person who has received counterfeit or falsified banknotes or coins is obliged to hand them in or have them handed in to the Banque de France or the Monnaie de Paris, depending on whether the bank…

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

Article L163-10-1

…2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in articles L. 163-2 to L. 163-4, L. 163-7 and L. 163-10 shall incur, in addition to the fine set out in article 131-38 of the French Criminal…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Terms and conditions for redeeming electronic money

Article L133-35

…electronic money institution carrying out hybrid activities within the meaning of Article L. 526-3 and an electronic money holder, redemption is total if the proportion of the funds to be used in the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 15: Authentication

Article L133-44

…rticle L. 133-4 includes elements that establish a dynamic link between the transaction, the amount and the beneficiary given. III. - With regard to the obligation in I, payment service providers shal…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The General Council

Article L142-3

I. - The General Council of the Banque de France comprises :1° The Governor and the two Deputy Governors of the Banque de France ;2° Two members appointed by the President of the National Assembly and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Reporting obligations

Article L152-3

Credit institutions, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and the bodies and services referred to in article L. 518-1 must provide the tax and customs authorities, at their request, wit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Assets of foreign central banks

Article L153-1

…the first paragraph, a creditor in possession of a writ of execution recording a claim that is due and payable may apply to the enforcement judge for authorisation to proceed with forced execution un…

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

Article L163-5

The confiscation, for the purpose of destruction, of counterfeit or falsified cheques and other instruments mentioned in article L. 133-4 is mandatory in the cases provided for in articles L. 163-3 to…

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