Chapter III: Common provisions.

Credit institutions, La Poste, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and service providers processing euro banknotes and coins in their name and on their behalf, as well as bureaux de change, shall promptly hand over to the Banque de France or the public institution La Monnaie de Paris, respectively, euro banknotes and coins which they have sufficient reason to believe to be counterfeit. To this end, they shall draw up internal…

Credit institutions, La Poste, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and service providers processing euro banknotes and coins in their name and on their behalf shall inform the Banque de France of any plans to create, transfer or close a centre for the storage and processing of euro banknotes and coins with a view to their transfer to the Banque de France. These plans may not be implemented before the Banque…

As part of its remit under Article L. 141-5, the Banque de France draws up an annual report on the application of the provisions of Articles R. 121-3, R. 121-4, R. 122-4 to R. 122-11, R. 123-1 and R. 123-2, which is included in its annual report to the President of the Republic and to Parliament.