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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Right of withdrawal applicable to distance and off-premises contracts

Article L221-27

Exercising the right of withdrawal terminates the parties' obligation either to perform the distance or off-premises contract or to conclude it where the consumer has made an offer. Exercising the rig…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Right of withdrawal applicable to distance and off-premises contracts

Article L221-18

The consumer has a period of fourteen days in which to exercise his right of withdrawal from a contract concluded at a distance, following canvassing by telephone or off-premises, without having to gi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Right of withdrawal applicable to distance and off-premises contracts

Article L221-22

The burden of proving that the right of withdrawal has been exercised under the conditions set out in article L. 221-21 weighs on the consumer.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Livret A passbook savings accounts

Article L221-2

The credit institution referred to in article L. 518-25-1 shall open a Livret A passbook account to any person referred to in article L. 221-3 who so requests.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: High-level sport

Article L221-4

The upper age limits set for access to public grades and posts in the State and local authorities do not apply to top-level sportsmen and women or to top-level sports referees and judges on the list r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: General partnerships.

Article L221-11

The documents referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 221-7 are made available to the statutory auditor under the conditions and within the timeframe set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Right of withdrawal applicable to distance and off-premises contracts

Article L221-26

The consumer who has exercised his right of withdrawal from a contract for the supply of digital content without a physical medium shall not owe any sum if: 1° The trader has not obtained the consumer…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Provisions common to general savings products with special tax treatment

Article L221-36

Infringements of the provisions of Article L. 221-35 are recorded in the same way as for stamp duty:- by the competent public accountants ;- by agents of the financial authorities.Official reports are…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6a: Equity savings plan for financing small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies

Article L221-32-3

II and III of article L. 221-31 and article L. 221-32 are applicable to the share savings plan intended for the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises and intermediate-sized enterprises.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: General partnerships.

Article L221-17

As an exception to the provisions of articles L. 221-2 and L. 222-3, be authorised to retain this name in their corporate name. A Conseil d'Etat decree determines the conditions to which this authoris…

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