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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Order of settlement of claims

Article L711-6

In proceedings initiated pursuant to this book, lessors' claims shall be settled in priority to claims by credit institutions and finance companies and to the loans mentioned in Chapter II of Title I…

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Chapter I: Referral to the commission de surendettement des particuliers (household over-indebtedness commission)

Article L721-2

The commission referred to by the debtor has a period of time determined by decree, from the time the application is submitted to examine the admissibility of the application by verifying that the deb…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Referral to the commission de surendettement des particuliers (household over-indebtedness commission)

Article L721-3

Information relating to the filing of an over-indebtedness application and the debtor's situation may not be communicated to creditors, payment institutions, electronic money institutions and credit i…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific measures applicable to the provision of services

Article L521-21

The costs resulting from the implementation of the measures provided for in articles L. 521-19 and L. 521-20 shall be borne by the service provider.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Administrative penalty procedure and administrative settlement

Article L522-8

Documents collected and drawn up in connection with the investigation and establishment of a breach that has given rise to an administrative penalty procedure may only be communicated to the person wh…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Referral to the civil or administrative courts

Article L524-2

…mpetition and consumer affairs may, after notifying the public prosecutor, ask the civil court to order, where appropriate subject to a fine, any measure likely to put an end to the breaches of contra…

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Chapter II: Mediation of consumer disputes

Article L612-1

…a view to the amicable resolution of a dispute between him and a professional. To this end, the trader shall guarantee the consumer effective recourse to a consumer mediation scheme.The trader may se…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Status of the consumer ombudsman

Article L613-2

…cedure, by a collegiate body set up by the company, comprising representatives of approved consumer defence associations and representatives of the professional, or reporting to a national consultativ…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Consumer information and assistance

Article L616-1

Any trader shall inform the consumer, in accordance with the procedures laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, of the contact details of the competent mediator or mediators for which he is respons…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Civil action

Article L621-1

Regularly declared associations whose express statutory purpose is to defend the interests of consumers may, if they have been approved for this purpose pursuant to article L. 811-1, exercise the righ…

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