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This Directive shall not apply to contracts: (a) for social services, including social housing, childcare and support of families and persons permanently or temporarily in need, including long-term care; (b) for healthcare as defined in point (a) of Article 3 of Directive 2011/24/EU, whether or not they are provided via healthcare facilities; (c) for gambling, which involves wagering a stake with pecuniary value in games of chance, including lotteries, casino games and betting transactions; (d) for financial services; (e) for the creation, acquisition or transfer of immovable property or of rights in immovable property; (f) for the construction of new buildings, the substantial conversion of existing buildings and for rental of accommodation for residential purposes; (g) on packages as defined in point 2 of Article 3 of Directive (EU) 2015/2302 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 4 ). Article 6(7), Article 8(2) and (6) and Articles 19, 21 and 22 of this Directive shall apply mutatis mutandis to packages as defined in point 2 of Article 3 of Directive (EU) 2015/2302 in relation to travellers as defined in point 6 of Article 3 of that Directive; (h) which fall within the scope of Directive 2008/122/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 January 2009 on the protection of consumers in respect of certain aspects of timeshare, long-term holiday product, resale and exchange contracts ( 5 ); (i) which, in accordance with the laws of Member States, are established by a public office-holder who has a statutory obligation to be independent and impartial and who must ensure, by providing comprehensive legal information, that the consumer only concludes the contract on the basis of careful legal consideration and with knowledge of its legal scope; (j) for the supply of foodstuffs, beverages or other goods intended for current consumption in the household, and which are physically supplied by a trader on frequent and regular rounds to the consumer’s home, residence or workplace; (k) for passenger transport services, with the exception of Article 8(2) and Articles 19, 21 and 22; (l) concluded by means of automatic vending machines or automated commercial premises; (m) concluded with telecommunications operators through public payphones for their use or concluded for the use of one single connection by telephone, Internet or fax established by a consumer; (n) for any goods sold by way of execution or otherwise by authority of law.

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