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
2°: Limitation period
3°: Authority of res judicata
4°: Cessation of the misleading commercial practice
5°: Imputability
6°: Principal penalties
7°: Additional penalties
8°: Cumulation of offenses
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
198. Civil action
1 minute de lecture
In criminal cases, the victim has two avenues of action, depending on whether the public prosecution has been initiated against the alleged offender. Where proceedings are in progress, the injured party does not have to consider the initiation of the public prosecution: he merely has to join the proceedings as a civil party. Otherwise, he must initiate the public prosecution either by direct summo …
