Be careful if you are going to this neighboring country soon, it ends certain 50 euros tickets.
If it is used less and less in the face of bank cards or smartphone payments, liquid money still has its daily followers. But beware, vigilance is to put the parts and tickets that we exchange! This will be even more the case in the coming weeks in a neighboring country where many French people go every summer. There are also many cross -borders to do their shopping or refuel in certain products at a lower cost, such as tobacco.
For all these French people, as for the locals, an announcement is particularly to be scrutinized. The central bank of this country has just announced the withdrawal of certain tickets of 50 euros from April, according to rules transmitted by the body and taken over by the Spanish press. The Spanish Bank Thus decided to withdraw tickets from traffic which have specific deterioration signs, even if they are authentic. The first chief tickets of 50 euros will be affected in the first chief with a progressive withdrawal of damaged tickets.
Another rule will apply to tickets that have been soiled or damaged by safety devices integrated into fund transport systems. These mechanisms are activated in the event of attempted theft or falsification, releasing substances such as inks or adhesives that make the ticket unusable. As announced by the Noticias de TrabajoThe “Banco de España” has established strict rules, knowing that the other cuts of 10, 20 or 100 euros will also be affected in this case. The Spanish bank insists: these tickets should no longer be accepted in stores or in exchanges between individuals.
What to do so if you are given such a post during your vacation in Spain? If the ticket has been altered by an anti -theft system, the bank will only reimburse its amount if the person asking for the exchange is the direct victim of the flight. In other words, if you receive one of these tickets by mistake in a business, you will not automatically have the right to recover your money! You will have to prove your good faith, which can be full -bodied when you don’t remember where you have recovered the famous stained ticket …
And in France, what are the rules in this case? They are relatively similar but a little more flexible. If you have a damaged, torn or partially burned ticket, you can generally exchange it for a new ticket in a aged post office agency or a branch of the Banque de France (Here is the list of agencies where it is possible to make this exchange). The ticket will be checked and several documents will be completed, including a certificate of funding supporting funds.
If the ticket is said to be “mucus”, that is to say that there are suspicions that it has been stolen and stained by the famous automatic security system, you can also go to a branch of the Banque de France or La Poste. The police will be informed and it is only after investigation and verification of your good faith that you can obtain a refund. It’s worth checking your tickets …