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the following paragraph is inserted: ‘1b. In the case of distance contracts concluded between a trader and a consumer for the supply of financial services, only Articles 1 and 2, Article 3(2), (5) and (6), Article 4, Article 6a, Article 8(6), Article 11a, Articles 16a to 16e, Article 19, Articles 21 to 23, Article 24(1) and (6), Articles 25 to 27 and Article 29 shall apply. With the exception of Article 21, where contracts referred to in the first subparagraph comprise an initial service agreement followed by successive operations, or a series of separate operations, of the same nature, performed over time, the provisions referred to in the first subparagraph shall apply only to the initial agreement. In the event that there is no initial service agreement but the successive operations, or separate operations, of the same nature performed over time are performed between the same contractual parties, Articles 16a and 16d shall apply only to the first operation. Where, however, no operation of the same nature is performed for more than one year, the next operation will be deemed to be the first in a new series of operations and, accordingly, Articles 16a and 16d shall apply.’ ;

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-11 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.