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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Withdrawal period

Article L222-12

Exercising the right of withdrawal automatically terminates the contract of sale or provision of services.If the goods or services to be financed are not sold at a distance and the consumer, by expres…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Implementation of the legal conformity guarantee

Article L217-12

…pursue compulsory performance in kind of the solution initially sought, in accordance with articles 1221 et seq. of the Civil Code. Any refusal by the seller to proceed according to the consumer's cho…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L224-12

Electricity and natural gas supply bills are presented in accordance with the conditions laid down by an order of the minister responsible for consumption and the minister responsible for energy issue…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Pre-contractual information for borrowers

Article L312-12

…it offer. This sheet shall include, in legible characters, the information specified in Article L. 312-5. Where the consumer requests the conclusion of a credit agreement at the point of sale, the cre…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative penalties

Article L241-12

Any breach of the provisions of articles L. 217-19 to L. 217-20 relating to updates is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €3,000 for a natural person and up to €15,000 for a legal entity. T…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative penalties

Article L242-12

Any failure to comply with the obligations set out in article L. 221-16 in relation to telephone canvassing and commercial prospecting is punishable by an administrative fine, the amount of which may…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Income from receivables, deposits and guarantees

Article 124 E

The conditions of application of articles 124 B to 124 D are set by decree (1). (1) See Annex III, art. 41 duodecies J to 41 duodecies P.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4c: Levy on fixed-income investment income and income from European capitalisation bonds or contracts

Article 125 D

…ticle 1417, is equal to or greater than the amounts mentioned in the last paragraph of I of article 125 A and who benefit from income or products listed in the same I or from products and gains mentio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Income from receivables, deposits and guarantees

Article 124 B

…ions also apply to transfers of any other bonds or contracts whose income is referred to in article 124 or I of article 125-0 A.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Income from receivables, deposits and guarantees

Article 124 A

…d investments constitute debt income subject to income tax under the conditions set out in articles 125 and 125 A.

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