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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Withdrawal period

Article L222-14

The consumer credit agreements provided for in Chapter II of Title I of Book III may not, even with the consumer's agreement, begin to be performed during the first seven days, except in the case of t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Withdrawal period

Article L222-12

Exercising the right of withdrawal automatically terminates the contract of sale or provision of services.If the goods or services to be financed are not sold at a distance and the consumer, by expres…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Special provisions

Article L222-16

The provisions of article L. 34-5 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code are applicable to financial services.The distance communication techniques intended for the marketing of financi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L221-2

Excluded from the scope of this chapter are:

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Withdrawal period

Article L222-7

The consumer has a period of fourteen completed calendar days in which to exercise his right of withdrawal, without having to give any reason or incur any penalties. The period during which the right…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Withdrawal period

Article L222-11

For affected credit agreements defined in 9° of article L. 311-1 concluded using a distance communication technique, the fourteen-day withdrawal period cannot be reduced.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Withdrawal period

Article L222-13

Contracts for which the withdrawal period defined in article L. 222-7 may not be started by the parties before the end of this period without the consumer's agreement. Where the consumer exercises his…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L221-4

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to contracts for the supply of water, gas or electricity where they are not packaged in a delimited volume or in a specific quantity, and to the supply of di…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L221-1

I. - For the purposes of this Title, the following are deemed to be: 1° Distance contract: any contract concluded between a trader and a consumer, under an organised distance sales or service-provisio…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Telephone canvassing and commercial prospecting

Article L221-16

Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 221-12, a trader who contacts a consumer by telephone with a view to concluding a contract for the sale of goods or the provision of a service shall i…

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