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Article L312-8 of the French Consumer Code

In all written advertising, regardless of the medium used, the information relating to the annual percentage rate of charge, its fixed, variable or revisable nature, the total amount owed by the borrower and the amount of the instalments, as well as the statement indicated in Article L. 312-5, appear in a larger font size than that used to indicate any other information relating to the characteristics of the financing, in particular the promotional rate, and form part of the main body of the advertising text.

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Article L312-8


Dans toute publicité écrite, quel que soit le support utilisé, les informations relatives au taux annuel effectif global, à sa nature fixe, variable ou révisable, au montant total dû par l’emprunteur et au montant des échéances, ainsi que la mention indiquée à l’article L. 312-5, figurent dans une taille de caractère plus importante que celle utilisée pour indiquer toute autre information relative aux caractéristiques du financement, notamment le taux promotionnel, et s’inscrivent dans le corps principal du texte publicitaire.

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