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Chapter III: Rules applicable to other payment instruments and access to accounts

Article L133-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I. – Under the conditions set out in II to IV, the provisions of this chapter apply to payment services provided by the payment service providers mentioned in Book V in the context of the activities defined in II of Article L. 314-1. II. – The provisions of this chapter apply if the payee’s payment service provider and the payer’s payment service provider are located, one in mainland France, Guadeloupe,…

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Article L133-1-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I. – If the payer’s payment service provider is located in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon or Saint-Barthélemy and the payee’s payment service provider is located outside France, regardless of the currency used for the payment transaction, the following provisions apply : a) The provisions of section 5 of this chapter ; b) the provisions of section 6 of this chapter for unauthorised card payment transactions. In this case, by way of derogation from…

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Article L133-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Except in cases where the user is a natural person acting for non-business purposes, the provisions of article L. 133-1-1, the last two paragraphs of article L. 133-7, articles L. 133-8, L. 133-19, L. 133-20, L. 133-22, L. 133-23, L. 133-25, L. 133-25-1, L. 133-25-2 and the I and III of article L. 133-26 may be waived by contract.

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Article L133-3 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I. – A payment transaction is an action consisting in paying, transferring or withdrawing funds, independently of any underlying obligation between the payer and the payee, initiated by the payer, or on his behalf, or by the payee. II. – The payment transaction may be initiated : a) By the payer, who gives a payment order to his payment service provider ; b) By the payer, who gives a payment…

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Article L133-4 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

For the purposes of this Chapter : (a) personalised security data means personalised data provided to a payment service user by the payment service provider for authentication purposes ; b) A unique identifier means a combination of letters, numbers or symbols indicated to the payment service user by the payment service provider, which the payment service user must provide in order to allow, alternatively or cumulatively, the certain identification of…

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Article L133-6 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I. – A payment transaction is authorised if the payer has given his consent to its execution. However, the payer and his payment service provider may agree that the payer may give his consent to the payment transaction after it has been executed. II. – A series of payment transactions is authorised if the payer has given his consent to the execution of the series of transactions, in particular in…

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Article L133-7 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Consent is given in the form agreed between the payer and his payment service provider. Consent may be given through the payee or through a payment service provider providing a payment initiation service referred to in 7° of II of Article L. 314-1. In the absence of such consent, the payment transaction or series of payment transactions is deemed to be unauthorised. Consent may be withdrawn by the payer as…

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Article L133-8 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I. – The payment service user may not revoke a payment order once it has been received by the payer’s payment service provider unless otherwise provided for in this article. II. – Where the payment transaction is initiated by the payee or by the payer giving a payment order through the payee, the payer may not revoke the payment order after transmitting the payment order to the payee or giving…

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Article L133-9 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The time of receipt is the time at which the payment order is received by the payer’s payment service provider. If the payment service user who ordered the payment transaction and his payment service provider agree that the execution of the payment order will begin on a specific day or at the end of a specific period or on the day on which the payer has made the funds available…

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