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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article L712-2

The application for registration shall be filed and published in the form and under the conditions laid down by this Title and specified by decree in Council of State. In order to benefit from a filin…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Guarantee and collective marks

Article L715-2

…use. Any subsequent amendment to the rules of use shall be notified to the National Institute of Industrial Property. A decree of the Council of State shall specify the rules of use. A decree in the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article L714-2

The author of an application for registration or the proprietor of a registered trade mark may renounce the effects of that application or registration in respect of all or some of the goods or servic…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article L314-22

…the borrower, as well as on reasonable assumptions as to the risks to the borrower arising from the duration of the credit agreement.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article L314-27

…f this title, where the creditor wishes to make available or provide information and documents on a durable medium other than paper, the creditor shall first check that this method of communication is…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Mortgages

Article L313-27

…dit, shall give rise to the provision to the borrower of a new advance offer on paper or on another durable medium.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article L314-20

…judge under the conditions set out in Article 1343-5 of the Civil Code. The order may decide that, during the period of grace, the sums owed will not bear interest.In addition, the judge may determin…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Interest rates

Article L314-2

For credit agreements that provide for amortisation in instalments, the overall effective rate must be calculated taking into account the terms and conditions of the amortisation of the debt.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Life mortgage and transfer advance loan

Article L315-22

…riodic repayment of interest, the lender may demand immediate repayment of interest that has fallen due but has not been paid.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article L314-28

…contract concluded or the financial service provided, the borrower may, immediately and at any time during the credit transaction, object by any means to the use of a durable medium other than paper a…

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