French Consumer Law
Auteurs : Louis Vogel, Joseph Vogel
Sommaire de l’ouvrage
Introduction
Part 1: Advertising and sales promotion
Part 2: Sale
Title 1: Product conformity
Title 2: Warranty against latent defects
Chapter 1: EU law
Chapter 2: Ordinary product safety law
Chapter 3: Civil liability of the producer / supplier
Section 1: Scope
2°: Manufacturing defect or design fault
3°: Inadequate presentation/information
4°: Evidence
II: Damage to property or persons
III: Causal link
Section 3: Grounds for exemption
Section 4: Rules of compensation
669. Concept
1 minute de lecture
Article 1245-3 (former Article 1386-4) of the Civil Code defines the “defective product” as one which “does not offer the safety that can legitimately be expected” i.e. when it is likely to harm the health, physical or psychological integrity of individuals, or to cause the destruction or degradation of property . A fuel leak occurring while a motorcycle is in motion is clearly a defect within t …
