French Consumer Law is a comprehensive and comparative overview of French and EU law in this field, covering: advertising, unfair commercial practices, conditions for the validity of contracts, unfair terms, product conformity, latent defects, product safety.

French Consumer Law

Article L. 122-1 (former Article L. 121-8) of the Consumer Code requires that the advertiser objectively compares one or more essential, relevant, verifiable and representative characteristics of the goods or services in question and that the ad is not misleading or likely to mislead. In practice, the courts conduct a multi-criteria assessment.

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