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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 11: Account overdrafts

Article L312-92

Where the account agreement referred to in second paragraph of I of Article L. 312-1-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code provides for the possibility of an overrun, this agreement mentions the borrow…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 11: Account overdrafts

Article L312-94

The provisions of articles L. 312-27, L. 312-92 and L. 312-93 apply to credit granted in the form of an overrun referred to in 11° of Article L. 311-1.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 11: Account overdrafts

Article L312-93

Where the overrun continues for more than three months, the creditor shall without delay offer the borrower another type of credit transaction within the meaning of 4° of Article L. 311-1, under the c…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Usury rates

Article L314-9

The provisions of articles L. 314-6 to L. 314-8 do not apply to loans granted to a natural person acting for professional purposes or to a legal entity engaged in an industrial, commercial, craft, agr…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 11: Account overdrafts

Article L312-90

The borrower may terminate an open-ended overdraft authorisation at any time and free of charge, unless the parties have agreed a period of notice. This period may not exceed one month.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-9

…lender who has not complied with the formalities prescribed in the last paragraph of article L. 312-92 and article L. 312-93 may not claim from the borrower the sums corresponding to the interest and…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information, commercial practices, contracts and credit

Article L511-9

…I and III of Title I, and Chapters I, II, III, and IV of Title II of the loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés et peuvent communiquer ces constatations…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Other product-related offences

Article L413-9

It is forbidden to make people believe in the French origin of foreign products or, for all products, in an origin different from their true origin, by adding to, subtracting from or in any way alteri…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Services and products other than agricultural, forestry, food or seafood products

Article L433-9

It is forbidden: 1° To issue, in breach of the provisions laid down in articles L. 433-3 to L. 433-7, a title, certificate or any other document attesting that a product or service has certain charact…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Other product-related offences

Article L451-9

Violation of the prohibitions set out in article L. 413-4 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros.

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