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Article L341-16 of the French Consumer Code

Getting the same customer to sign one or more credit agreement offers for a total capital amount greater than the value payable on credit of the goods purchased or services provided is punishable by a fine of 300,000 euros.

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Article L341-18 of the French Consumer Code

Natural persons guilty of the offences punishable under articles L. 341-12 to L. 341-17 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 L341-22 of the French Consumer Code

If an advertiser disseminates or causes to be disseminated advertising that does not comply with the obligations laid down in Article L. 313-54, for a hire-purchase contract and hire with a promise to sell, is punishable by a fine of 30,000 euros.

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Article L341-24 of the French Consumer Code

If the creditor or credit intermediary fails to comply with the obligation to provide information free of charge pursuant to the provisions of articles L. 313-6, L. 313-7, L. 313-11, L. 313-12, L. 313-46, L. 313-47 is punishable by a fine of 30,000 euros.

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Article L341-25 of the French Consumer Code

Subject to the provisions of the second paragraph, a creditor who grants credit without complying with the conditions, applicable to pre-contractual information, laid down by the provisions of article L. 313-7, the second paragraph of article L. 313-24 or the second paragraph of Article L. 313-64, may be deprived of the right to interest, in the proportion set by the judge, up to an amount not exceeding 30% of the…

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