French Consumer Law
Auteurs : Louis Vogel, Joseph Vogel
Sommaire de l’ouvrage
Introduction
Title 1: Advertising
Chapter 1: Unfair commercial practices
I: Material element
II: Intentional element
III: Sanctions
Section 2: Sales with bonuses
Section 3: Tied sales
Section 4: Forced sales
Section 5: Commercial lotteries
Title 3: Regulated commercial practices
Part 2: Sale
Part 3: After Sale
206. A three-faceted offense
1 minute de lecture
The criminalization of the abusive exploitation of weakness ("abus de faiblesse") was introduced by Article 7 of Law No 72-1137 of 22 December 1972 on the protection of consumers with respect to direct selling and door-to-door sales . The legislator pointed out that unscrupulous salespersons may be tempted to benefit not only from the surprise of people in full possession of their faculties solici …