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Article D215-1 of the French Consumer Code

The facility for cancelling the contract provided for in Article L. 215-1-1 is presented to the consumer as “cancel your contract” or a similar unambiguous wording, displayed in legible characters.

This facility is directly and easily accessible from the online interface from which the consumer can conclude contracts electronically.

This facility is directly and easily accessible from the online interface from which the consumer can conclude contracts electronically.
This functionality shall be directly and easily accessible from the online interface from which the consumer can conclude contracts electronically.

>The functionality may indicate, in a legible manner, that the consumer has terminated the contract.
The functionality may indicate, in a legible and comprehensible manner, information on the conditions for terminating contracts, in particular, where applicable, the existence of a period of notice, compensation for termination, and the consequences of termination.

The trader shall refrain from providing information on the conditions for terminating contracts, in particular, where applicable, the existence of a period of notice, compensation for termination, and the consequences of termination.

The trader shall refrain from providing information on the conditions for terminating contracts.
The trader shall refrain from imposing on the consumer, at the stage of notifying his termination, the creation of a personalised space in order to access the functionality provided for in this article, without prejudice to the possibility of asking him to use his personalised space for this purpose if it has been created previously.

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Article D215-1

La fonctionnalité de résiliation du contrat prévue à l’article L. 215-1-1 est présentée au consommateur sous la mention : “ résilier votre contrat ” ou une formule analogue dénuée d’ambiguïté, affichée en caractères lisibles.


Cette fonctionnalité est directement et facilement accessible à partir de l’interface en ligne depuis laquelle le consommateur peut conclure des contrats par voie électronique.


La fonctionnalité peut indiquer, de manière lisible et compréhensible, les informations portant sur les conditions de la résiliation des contrats, notamment, le cas échéant, l’existence d’un délai de préavis, d’une indemnité de rupture, ainsi que sur les conséquences de la résiliation.


Le professionnel s’abstient d’imposer au consommateur, au stade de la notification de sa résiliation, la création d’un espace personnalisé pour accéder à la fonctionnalité prévue par le présent article, sans préjudice de la possibilité de lui demander d’utiliser à cette fin son espace personnalisé s’il a été créé antérieurement.

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