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Article L313-50 of the French Consumer Code

In the event of default by the borrower and where the lender does not require immediate repayment of the outstanding capital, it may increase, within limits set by decree, the rate of interest that the borrower will have to pay until it has resumed the normal course of contractual repayments.

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Article L313-50


En cas de défaillance de l’emprunteur et lorsque le prêteur n’exige pas le remboursement immédiat du capital restant dû, il peut majorer, dans des limites fixées par décret, le taux d’intérêt que l’emprunteur aura à payer jusqu’à ce qu’il ait repris le cours normal des échéances contractuelles.

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