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Article L312-40 of the French Consumer Code

In the event of default by the borrower in the performance of a leasing contract accompanied by a promise of sale or a hire-purchase contract, the lender is entitled to demand, in addition to the return of the property and the payment of due and unpaid rents, compensation which, depending on the remaining term of the contract and without prejudice to the application of the article 1231-5 of the Civil Code, is set according to a scale determined by decree.

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Article L312-40

En cas de défaillance dans l’exécution par l’emprunteur d’un contrat de location assorti d’une promesse de vente ou d’un contrat de location-vente, le prêteur est en droit d’exiger, outre la restitution du bien et le paiement des loyers échus et non réglés, une indemnité qui, dépendant de la durée restant à courir du contrat et sans préjudice de l’application de l’article 1231-5 du code civil, est fixée suivant un barème déterminé par décret.

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