Right to a bank account: working days for the designated bank to open the account
3 working days
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- Official sources
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- Légifrance: Code monétaire et financier, article L312-1 (droit au compte) We read this page on .
- Service-Public: refus d'ouverture de compte bancaire, droit au compte We read this page on .
Official wording
doit ouvrir le compte dans un delai de 3 jours ouvres
Wording recorded from the source page. Accents and punctuation may be simplified. Source: Service-Public: refus d'ouverture de compte bancaire, droit au compte.
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EasyFranceNow, "Right to a bank account: working days for the designated bank to open the account", https://easyfrancenow.com/facts/bank-dac-open-days. Official source: Légifrance: Code monétaire et financier, article L312-1 (droit au compte), read on 29 October 2026.
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