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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 11: Account overdrafts

Article L312-86

…y other durable medium, with the information provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 312-87.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 11: Account overdrafts

Article L312-87

The credit agreement is drawn up on paper or on another durable medium. It constitutes a document distinct from any advertising medium or document. The list of information appearing in the contract is…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Information on loan insurance

Article L313-8

Any document provided to the borrower, on paper or any other durable medium prior to the formulation of the offer referred to in Article L. 313-24 and including one or more figures on the insurance me…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Renewal

Article L312-83

…it of this means of payment does not prevent the implementation of the provisions of article L. 312-82.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Renewal

Article L312-80

If the credit agreement or any associated means of payment has not been used for a period of one year, the creditor who intends to offer to renew the agreement shall provide the borrower, on paper or…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Renewal

Article L312-82

If the borrower has not requested that the suspension be lifted by the end of the period of one year following the date on which his revolving credit agreement was suspended, the agreement shall be te…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 11: Account overdrafts

Article L312-84

…ions of 1° to 3° of article L. 312-6 and those of articles L. 312-16, L. 312-17, L. 312-27, L. 312-38, L. 312-39, L. 312-44, L. 312-48, L. 312-49, L. 312-54, L. 312-55, L. 312-56 and L. 312-85 to L. 3…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 11: Account overdrafts

Article L312-88

For transactions granted in the form of an overdraft authorisation repayable within a period of more than one month, the lender is required to send the borrower, on a regular basis, on paper or on ano…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Renewal

Article L312-81

If the borrower fails to return the document referred to in article L. 312-80, signed and dated, no later than twenty days before the due date of the agreement, the creditor shall suspend the borrower…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 11: Account overdrafts

Article L312-85

Prior to entering into a transaction referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 312-84, the lender shall provide the borrower, on paper or on another durable medium, with information enabling th…

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