Subsection 3: Notification to the Banque de France of payment incidents and regularisations.

The notice of non-payment for insufficient funds drawn up pursuant to article L. 131-84 must include all the information provided for in 1°, 2°, 4°, 5°, 6° and 8° of article R. 131-12, as well as the registration number of the incident with the drawee. This notice is sent to the Banque de France no later than the second business day following the refusal to pay the cheque. Where the…

The Banque de France cancels the declaration of a payment incident at the request of the drawee in the following cases: 1° When the refusal to pay or the issuing of the non-payment advice note is the result of an error by the drawee ; 2° When it is established by the account holder that an event not attributable to one of the persons authorised to draw cheques on the…

The decisions referred to in Article 103-1 of Decree no. 85-1388 of 27 December 1985 on the reorganisation and judicial liquidation of companies are forwarded by the Banque de France to each banker who has reported cheque payment incidents, within two working days of their notification to the Banque de France. In the event of suspension of the effects of a cheque-writing ban, the drawee shall forward to the Banque…

In the event of suspension of the effects of a cheque-writing ban pursuant to Article L. 643-12 of the French Commercial Code, the drawee shall send the Banque de France, no later than the second business day following the debtor’s submission of the copy of the closing judgement accompanied by the statement of payment incidents, the requests for cancellation of each of the incident declarations concerning cheques issued prior to…

If the cheque-writing ban suspended pursuant to article L. 643-12 of the French Commercial Code is reinstated, the order referred to in article 154-2 of decree no. 85-1388 of 27 December 1985 on the judicial reorganisation and liquidation of companies is sent by the Banque de France to each banker who has declared one or more payment incidents, together with the statement of incidents sent by the court clerk, within…

The drawee notifies the Banque de France of the adjustment no later than the second business day following the justification. Where the account holder has been the subject of several non-payment notices, the drawee informs the Banque de France in a single notice of the regularisation of all incidents.