French Consumer Law
Auteurs : Louis Vogel, Joseph Vogel
Sommaire de l’ouvrage
Introduction
Title 1: Advertising
Section 1: EU Law
Section 2: General Rules
I: Scope of application
II: Material element
III: Intentional element
1°: Proof of offense
3°: Authority of res judicata
4°: Cessation of the misleading commercial practice
5°: Imputability
6°: Principal penalties
7°: Additional penalties
8°: Cumulation of offenses
9°: Civil action
B: Civil sanction
C: Administrative sanction
Section 4: Aggressive Commercial Practices
Chapter 2: Other prohibited commercial practices
Title 3: Regulated commercial practices
Part 2: Sale
Part 3: After Sale
183. Implementation of public action
1 minute de lecture
Prosecution for misleading commercial practices is time-barred after three years, in accordance with Article 8 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. As breaches of Articles L. 121-2, L. 121-3 and L. 121-4 are of an instantaneous nature, the starting point for the limitation period of the public action should be fixed on the day when the offense is committed. However, in a landmark ruling, the Court o …
