30In other words, the purpose of Article 7(2) and (3) of Directive 2011/7 is to prevent the creditor’s waiver of the right to interest for late payment or to compensation for recovery costs from occurring at the time when the contract is entered into, that is to say, at the time of the exercise of the creditor’s freedom of contract and therefore of the possible risk of an abuse of that freedom by the debtor to the disadvantage of the creditor.
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