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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Formation of the credit agreement

Article L313-24

For the loans referred to in Article L. 313-1, the lender shall formulate an offer provided free of charge on paper or on another durable medium to the borrower and to the guarantors declared by the b…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Formation of the credit agreement

Article L313-35

Until the borrower accepts the offer, no payment in any form whatsoever may be made by the lender to or on behalf of the borrower, or by the borrower to the lender, in respect of the transaction in qu…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Debt consolidation

Article L314-10

When the credit referred to in Article L. 312-1 are the subject of a credit transaction intended to group them together, the new credit agreement is subject to Chapter II.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Earmarked credit

Article L312-56

…the main contract occurs through the fault of the seller, the seller may, at the request of the lender, be ordered to guarantee the borrower repayment of the loan, without prejudice to damages vis-à-…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Formation of the contract and compulsory information

Article L312-66

…enefits of any kind, the credit agreement shall indicate to the borrower the terms and conditions under which this card offers the possibility of paying in cash or on credit and shall inform the borro…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L312-68

…ed by a card giving entitlement to benefits of any kind, the benefit of these benefits may not be made conditional on payment on credit.In this case, the creditor or credit intermediary is obliged to…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L312-69

…f time, on receipt of the updated statement at the time of performance of the credit agreement provided for in Article L. 312-71.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 11: Account overdrafts

Article L312-86

If the creditor is prepared to grant credit, he shall provide the borrower, free of charge, at his request, on paper or any other durable medium, with the information provided for in the second paragr…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Advertising

Article L313-3

Any advertising document made available to the borrower relating to one of the transactions referred to in article L. 313-1 states that the borrower has a ten-day cooling-off period, that the sale is…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Formation of the credit agreement

Article L313-26

The model of the offer mentioned in articles L. 313-24 and L. 313-25 may, where necessary, be set by order of the minister responsible for the economy.

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