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Article L242-4 of the French Consumer Code

Where the trader has not reimbursed the sums paid by the consumer, the sums due shall automatically be increased by the statutory rate of interest if the reimbursement is made no later than ten days after the expiry of the periods laid down in the first and second paragraphs of Article L. 221-24, of 5% if the delay is between ten and twenty days, of 10% if the delay is between twenty and thirty days, of 20% if the delay is between thirty and sixty days, of 50% between sixty and ninety days and of five additional points per new month of delay up to the price of the product, then of the legal interest rate.

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Article L242-4

Lorsque le professionnel n’a pas remboursé les sommes versées par le consommateur, les sommes dues sont de plein droit majorées du taux d’intérêt légal si le remboursement intervient au plus tard dix jours après l’expiration des délais fixés aux premier et deuxième alinéas de l’article L. 221-24, de 5 % si le retard est compris entre dix et vingt jours, de 10 % si le retard est compris entre vingt et trente jours, de 20 % si le retard est compris entre trente et soixante jours, de 50 % entre soixante et quatre-vingt-dix jours et de cinq points supplémentaires par nouveau mois de retard jusqu’à concurrence du prix du produit, puis du taux d’intérêt légal.

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