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Article L133-12 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 133-1, the provisions of this section apply to payment transactions carried out in euros and to payment transactions involving a single conversion between the euro and the official currency of a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area outside the euro zone, provided that the required conversion is carried out in that State and that, in the case of cross-border payment transactions, the cross-border transfer is carried out in euros.

They also apply to payment transactions other than those mentioned in the previous paragraph, unless otherwise agreed between the payment service user and his payment service provider. However, where the payment service provider and the payment service user agree on a longer period than that set out in Article L. 133-13, this period may not exceed four working days from the time of receipt of the payment order.

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Article L133-12

Sans préjudice des dispositions de l’article L. 133-1, les dispositions de la présente section s’appliquent aux opérations de paiement effectuées en euros et aux opérations de paiement entraînant une seule conversion entre l’euro et la devise officielle d’un Etat partie à l’accord sur l’Espace économique européen ne relevant pas de la zone euro, à condition que la conversion requise soit effectuée dans cet Etat et que, en cas d’opérations de paiement transfrontalières, le transfert transfrontalier s’effectue en euros.

Elles s’appliquent également aux opérations de paiement autres que celles mentionnées à l’alinéa précédent, sauf convention contraire entre l’utilisateur de services de paiement et son prestataire de services de paiement. Cependant, lorsque le prestataire de services de paiement et l’utilisateur conviennent de délais plus longs que ceux fixés à l’article L. 133-13, ce délai ne peut dépasser quatre jours ouvrables à compter du moment de réception de l’ordre de paiement.

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