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

Article L312-25

…e contract by the borrower, no payment, in any form and on any basis whatsoever, may be made by the lender to the borrower or on the borrower's behalf, or by the borrower to the lender.During the same…

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

Article L312-26

From the day after the funds are made available to the borrower and in the event of withdrawal, the borrower shall repay to the lender the capital paid in and shall pay the interest accrued on that ca…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Mortgages

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
Chapter III: Mortgages

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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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Mortgages

Article L313-28

In cases where the borrower presents another insurance contract in place of the insurance contract proposed by the lender under the conditions set out in Article L. 313-29, the lender may issue an ame…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Mortgages

Article L313-27

Any change in the conditions for obtaining a loan with a fixed interest rate, in particular the amount or rate of credit, shall give rise to the provision to the borrower of a new advance offer on pap…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Mortgages

Article L313-29

When the lender offers the borrower an insurance contract with a view to guaranteeing, in the event of the occurrence of one of the risks that this contract defines, either the total or partial repaym…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Mortgages

Article L313-25

The offer mentioned in article L. 313-24 :1° Mention the identity of the parties and any declared guarantors;2° Specify the nature, purpose, terms and conditions of the loan, in particular those relat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Police

Article L2573-22

I.-The Articles L. 2215-1 to L. 2215-8 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II. II.-For the application of article L. 2215-8, after the words:…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Agreements relating to unemployment insurance.

Article L5422-20

The measures for implementing the provisions of this chapter, with the exception of the articles of this section, 5° of article L. 5422-9, articles L. 5422-10, L. 5422-14 to L. 5422-16 and article L.…

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