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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Reporting obligations

Article L152-1-2

…2-1-1 shall not be deemed to have been fulfilled if the information provided is incorrect or incomplete or if the cash is not made available to the customs authorities at their request during a transp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Reporting obligations

Article L152-5

The temporary detention decision referred to in II of article L. 152-4 and in article L. 152-4-1 may be appealed by the person to whom the temporary detention decision is notified and, if this is a di…

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

Article L163-7

…sed under article L. 163-6, and is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 375,000 euros. The same penalties shall apply if an agent knowingly issues one or more cheques that the principa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions

Article L211-1

I. - Financial instruments are financial securities and financial contracts.II. - Financial securities are :1. Capital securities issued by joint stock companies ;2. Debt securities ;3. Units or share…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Transitional provisions

Article L211-13

…this sub-section do not apply to bonds issued before 3 November 1984, amortisable by drawing numbers. Nor do they concern perpetual annuities on the State, held in registered form, issued before that…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 10: Applicable charges

Article L133-26

…3-10 and Article L. 133-21. The charges referred to in the aforementioned articles are then agreed between the payment service user and the payment service provider and must be appropriate and in line…

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

Article L133-33

When the request for repayment of electronic money is made before the term stipulated in the contract, except in the event of termination of the contract, the request may relate to all or part of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Bank staff

Article L142-9

…e Governor. These provisions do not apply to the production of scientific, literary or artistic works. The General Council of the Banque de France shall determine, in accordance with the conditions la…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L151-7

…re for prior authorisation of foreign investments in a business in France, including in particular details of the number of applications for prior authorisation submitted to the Minister for the Econo…

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

Article L163-3

Any person shall be liable to five years' imprisonment and a fine of 375,000 euros if he or she:1. Counterfeit or falsify a cheque or any other instrument referred to in article L. 133-4;2. Knowingly…

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