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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Interest rates

Article L314-6

A usurious loan is any conventional loan granted at an overall effective rate that exceeds, at the time it is granted, by more than one third, the average effective rate charged during the previous qu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of application

Article L314-6

The provisions of this chapter apply without prejudice to additional prior information requirements laid down in other legislation.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
New regulatory part

Article Annexe à l'article R314-6

For the purposes of article R. 314-6 du code de la consommation, the following terms are defined: Post-counted commission: commission invoiced to the customer at the end of the period in respect of ad…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Interest rates

Article R314-6

In the case of an advance made under a factoring contract, the overall effective rate is an annual rate, proportional to the period rate and expressed per hundred monetary units.The amount of the adva…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Interest rates

Article L314-8

Transitional measures, derogating from the provisions of article L. 314-6, may be implemented by the Minister for the Economy, on a reasoned proposal from the Governor of the Banque de France, for a p…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Interest rates

Article L314-7

The conditions for calculating and publicising the average effective rates mentioned in article L. 314-6 are set by decree.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Interest 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 1: Interest rates

Article D314-15

The average effective rates that have been charged during a calendar quarter by credit institutions for categories of transactions of the same nature involving similar risks, mentioned in article L. 3…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Usury rates

Article L313-5

The definition of the usury rate is set out in articles L. 314-6 to L. 314-9 of the French Consumer Code, reproduced below: "Art. L. 314-6- A usurious loan is any contractual loan granted at an overal…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Main forgery registration.

Article 314

The principal claim for forgery is preceded by an inscription of forgery made as set out in Article 306. The copy of the registration deed is attached to the summons, which contains a summons for the…

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