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Article L342-5 of the French Consumer Code

A credit intermediary who collects a sum of money in connection with one of the transactions mentioned in article L. 322-1 is punishable by one year’s imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros. The court may also order, at the expense of the convicted person, the publication of all or part of the judgment in the newspapers it determines, without the cost of this publication exceeding the amount of the…

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Article L342-6 of the French Consumer Code

Natural persons guilty of the offences punishable under articles L. 342-2 to L. 342-5 shall also incur as additional penalties the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 131-27 of the Criminal Code, to hold a public office or to engage in the professional or social activity in the exercise or on the occasion of the exercise of which the offence was committed, or to engage in…

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Article L351-1 of the French Consumer Code

The provisions of the article mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table, shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 311-1 Resulting from the loi n° 2017-203 du 21 février 2017

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Article L351-3 of the French Consumer Code

Sont applicables dans les îles Wallis et Futuna, sous réserve des adaptations prévues à l’article L. 351-4, les dispositions des articles mentionnés dans la colonne de gauche du tableau ci-après, dans leur rédaction indiquée dans la colonne de droite du même tableau : ARTICLES APPLICABLES DANS LE RÉDACTIONUR L. 312-1 Resulting from the loi n° 2017-203 du 21 février 2017 L. 312-2 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14…

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Article L351-4 of the French Consumer Code

For the application in the Wallis and Futuna Islands of article L. 351-3: 1° In 3° of article L. 312-4, the amount: “€200” is replaced by the amount: “24,000 CFP francs” and the amount: “€75,000” is replaced by the amount: “8,950,000 CFP francs”; 2° In 2° and 3° of Article L. 312-7, the words: “in euros” are replaced by the words: “in CFP francs”; 3° In article L. 312-20, the…

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Article L351-5 of the French Consumer Code

The following are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations provided for in article L. 351-6, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 314-1 to L. 314-4 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-351 du 25 mars 2016…

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Article L351-6 of the French Consumer Code

For the application of article L. 351-5 : 1° The references to the Insurance Code and to the training certificate issued for persons responsible for providing borrowers with explanations of loans are replaced by references to locally applicable provisions having the same effect; 2° In article L. 314-6, the words: “75,000 euros” are replaced by the words: “8,950,000 CFP francs”; 3° For the application of article L. 314-24, the words:…

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