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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article L222-3

…ice agreement, where successive or separate operations of the same nature, spread over time, are performed between the same parties, the provisions of article L. 222-5 only apply to the first transact…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Special provisions applicable to distance contracts

Article L221-12

…here the means of distance communication used imposes space or time limits on the presentation of information, the trader shall provide the consumer by the means of communication used by the latter, b…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article L222-4

…purposes of this chapter, a durable medium is any instrument which enables the consumer to store information addressed personally to him in order to be able to refer to it at a later date for a perio…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article L222-1

The provisions of this chapter apply to the services mentioned in Books I to III and Title V of Book V of the Monetary and Financial Code as well as to operations carried out by the undertakings gover…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Public policy provisions

Article L222-18

The provisions of this chapter are a matter of public policy.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Special provisions applicable to distance contracts

Article L221-11

…distance, the trader shall provide the consumer, in a legible and comprehensible manner, with the information provided for in Article L. 221-5 or makes them available by any means appropriate to the m…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Special provisions applicable to distance contracts

Article L221-14

…l remind the consumer, before he places his order, in a legible and comprehensible manner, of the information concerning the essential characteristics of the goods or services which are the subject of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Special provisions applicable to distance contracts

Article L221-13

…the conclusion of the contract and at the latest at the time of delivery of the goods or before performance of the service or contract for the supply of digital content provided without tangible medi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Special provisions applicable to distance contracts

Article L221-15

The trader is automatically liable to the consumer for the proper performance of the obligations arising from the distance contract, whether those obligations are performed by the trader who concluded…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article L222-2

The obligations laid down in the provisions of this chapter shall apply to financial service providers and intermediaries.

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