French Consumer Law
Auteurs : Louis Vogel, Joseph Vogel
Sommaire de l’ouvrage
Introduction
Part 1: Advertising and sales promotion
Part 2: Sale
Chapter 1: General obligation of conformity
Chapter 2: Obligation to deliver the agreed thing
Section 1: Scope
Section 2: Compatibility with Union Law
Section 3: Material element
II: Assessment criteria
Chapter 4: Falsification and other offenses relating to products
Chapter 5: Criminal proceedings
Title 2: Warranty against latent defects
Title 3: Product safety
559. Negligence
1 minute de lecture
An intentional offense, the offense of deception implies the intention to commit it . However, in the interest of consumer protection, case law adopts a very broad interpretation of “bad faith”, meaning that a fault of carelessness or negligence is sufficient, in practice, to characterize deception.
According to the Court of Cassation, the texts establish no presumption of deception against a per …
