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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Comparative advertising

Article L122-5

The advertiser on whose behalf the comparative advertisement is disseminated must be able to prove within a short period of time the material accuracy of the statements, indications and presentations…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-5

When the supplier offers a deal, it includes at least a one-year contract.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Value-added services

Article L224-56

No sum may be charged to the consumer for a call from mainland France, the overseas departments and regions and the territorial collectivities of Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miq…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Value-added services

Article L224-55

The provisions of this section shall also apply to contracts concluded between professionals and non-professionals.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Telephone information

Article L224-57

Subject to the tariff applied for the provision of directory enquiry services, no specific call tariff other than that for a national call may be applied, by mobile telephone operators, to calls made…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Telephone information

Article L224-58

When they offer to provide a connection following the provision of a telephone number, directory enquiry providers are obliged to inform the consumer of the tariff for this connection. This informatio…

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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
Chapter II: Law applicable to contracts

Article L232-5

…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 protection of consumers in respect of certain a…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Prohibition on movement on French territory

Article L251-5

…e authority may revoke the ban on movement on French territory at any time. When the foreign national applies to have the ban on movement on French territory repealed, his application is only admissib…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation

Article L121-5

The rules governing the organisation and operation of the French Office for Immigration and Integration are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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