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Article 1127-1 of the French Civil Code

Any person who offers the supply of goods or the provision of services on a professional basis, by electronic means, shall make the applicable contractual stipulations available in a manner that allows them to be preserved and reproduced.

The author of an offer remains bound by it for as long as it is accessible by electronic means due to him.

The offer shall further state:

1° The various steps to be followed in order to conclude the contract by electronic means;

2° The technical means enabling the recipient of the offer, prior to the conclusion of the contract, to identify any errors made in entering the data and to correct them;

3° The languages offered for the conclusion of the contract, among which must be the French language;

4° Where applicable, the arrangements for archiving the contract by the offeror and the conditions for access to the archived contract;

5° The means of electronically consulting the professional and commercial rules to which the offeror intends, where applicable, to submit.

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Article 1127-1

Quiconque propose à titre professionnel, par voie électronique, la fourniture de biens ou la prestation de services, met à disposition les stipulations contractuelles applicables d’une manière qui permette leur conservation et leur reproduction.

L’auteur d’une offre reste engagé par elle tant qu’elle est accessible par voie électronique de son fait.

L’offre énonce en outre :

1° Les différentes étapes à suivre pour conclure le contrat par voie électronique ;

2° Les moyens techniques permettant au destinataire de l’offre, avant la conclusion du contrat, d’identifier d’éventuelles erreurs commises dans la saisie des données et de les corriger ;

3° Les langues proposées pour la conclusion du contrat au nombre desquelles doit figurer la langue française ;

4° Le cas échéant, les modalités d’archivage du contrat par l’auteur de l’offre et les conditions d’accès au contrat archivé ;

5° Les moyens de consulter par voie électronique les règles professionnelles et commerciales auxquelles l’auteur de l’offre entend, le cas échéant, se soumettre.

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