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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Consumer rights

Article L217-4

The good conforms to the contract if it meets in particular, where applicable, the following criteria: 1° It corresponds to the description, type, quantity and quality, in particular as regards functi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Consumer rights

Article L217-5

…the updates that the consumer may legitimately expect, in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 217-19; 6° It corresponds to the quantity, quality and other characteristics, including in terms…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Comparative advertising

Article L122-4

It is prohibited to display comparative advertisements as defined in articles L. 122-1 and L. 122-2 on packaging, invoices, travel tickets, means of payment or tickets for access to shows or venues op…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Consumer rights

Article L217-7

Defects in conformity that appear within twenty-four months of delivery of the goods, including goods containing digital elements, shall, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be presumed to have e…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Consumer rights

Article L217-6

Where, in the course of the contract, personal data is processed by the trader, a failure on his part to comply with his obligations under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and the loi n° 78-1…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Civil penalties

Article L241-7

…the trader has not reimbursed the sums paid by the consumer within the period indicated in article L. 217-17, the total amount outstanding is automatically increased by 10% if repayment is made no la…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L242-32

The information specified in the second paragraph of article L. 224-90 are stipulated on pain of nullity of the contract.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L242-35

Any clause in the contract by which the consumer-vendor waives his right of withdrawal is void.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Civil penalties

Article L241-5

…ad faith obstructs the implementation of the legal guarantee of conformity provided for in articles L. 217-8 to L. 217-19. The administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Civil penalties

Article L242-4

…an ten days after the expiry of the periods laid down in the first and second paragraphs of Article L. 221-24, of 5% if the delay is between ten and twenty days, of 10% if the delay is between twenty…

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