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Article R122-5 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Before issuing euro banknotes received from the public at their counters or through their agents or the persons referred to in Article L. 525-8, credit institutions, La Poste, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and bureaux de change shall check them and withdraw from circulation those which they have sufficient reason to believe to be counterfeit.

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Article R122-5

Préalablement à toute délivrance à leurs guichets ou par l’intermédiaire de leurs agents ou des personnes mentionnées à l’article L. 525-8 des billets en euros qu’ils ont reçus du public, les établissements de crédit, La Poste, les établissements de monnaie électronique, les établissements de paiement et les changeurs manuels procèdent à leur contrôle et retirent de la circulation ceux dont ils ont des raisons suffisantes de penser qu’ils sont faux.

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