French Consumer Law
Auteurs : Louis Vogel, Joseph Vogel
Sommaire de l’ouvrage
Introduction
Title 1: Advertising
Section 1: EU Law
Section 2: General Rules
A: Scope ratione personae
B: Scope ratione materiae
II: Material element
III: Intentional element
IV: Sanction
Section 4: Aggressive Commercial Practices
Chapter 2: Other prohibited commercial practices
Title 3: Regulated commercial practices
Part 2: Sale
Part 3: After Sale
135. Jurisdiction of the French courts
1 minute de lecture
In its version prior to the Law of 3 January 2008, former Article L. 121-5, paragraph 2, of the Consumer Code provided that “the offense is committed when the advertisement is made, received or perceived in France”. The question arose as to whether proceedings could be brought concerning goods only intended for export. Some lower courts replied in the negative, on the grounds that the offense woul …