For the application of the provisions of the ninth paragraph of Article L. 111-7, the provision of online information allowing the comparison of prices and characteristics of goods and services means the activity of sites comparing goods and services and allowing, where applicable, access to sites selling these goods or providing these services.
Also covered by the provisions of the ninth paragraph of Article L. 111-7 are distance selling sites which offer, on a principal basis, the comparison of goods or services, sold by themselves or by third parties.
Any person who, for their commercial activity by electronic means, uses the terms “comparator” or “comparison”, is carrying out a comparison activity within the meaning of the ninth paragraph of Article L. 111-7.