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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Value-added services

Article L224-52

The operators mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 224-43 are informed of the numbers reported concerning them.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Telephone information

Article L224-58

…n must be provided systematically and prior to the consumer's express acceptance of the contact offer.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Criminal penalties

Article L242-5

Failing to provide the customer with a copy of the contract under the conditions set out in article L. 221-9 or delivering a contract that does not comply with the provisions of the same article is pu…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Civil penalties

Article L241-5

Without prejudice to the award of damages, a civil fine may be imposed on the seller who in bad faith obstructs the implementation of the legal guarantee of conformity provided for in articles L. 217-…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Advertising

Article L312-5

All advertising, with the exception of broadcast advertising, contains the following statement, irrespective of the medium used: "A loan commits you and must be repaid. Check your ability to repay bef…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 17: Sports and leisure equipment, electrically-assisted bicycles and motorised personal transport devices

Article L242-50

Any failure to comply with article L. 224-113 is punishable by an administrative fine, the amount of which may not exceed €3,000 for a natural person and €15,000 for a legal person. This fine is impos…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Law applicable to contracts

Article L232-5

The consumer may not be deprived of the protection afforded by the provisions adopted pursuant to Directive 2008/122/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 January 2009 on the protecti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Taxation based on actual profits

Article 54 bis

…en included in their assets or for which the company has assumed the costs during that financial year.These same taxpayers are obliged to enter in their accounts, in an explicit form, the nature and v…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Taxation based on actual profits

Article 53 A

Subject to the provisions of article 302 septies A bis, taxpayers other than those subject to the regime defined in article 50-0 (1), are required to submit annual tax returns, in accordance with the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Taxation based on actual profits

Article 54 octies

The taxpayers referred to in the first paragraph of 1 of II of Article 39 C are required to provide, in the month following the start of the depreciation allowed as a deduction from taxable income, a…

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