Businesses whose turnover exceeds a threshold defined by decree shall make the telephone number for receiving a consumer’s call with a view to obtaining the proper performance of a contract concluded with a professional or the handling of a complaint accessible to deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind and aphasic people by providing a simultaneous written and visual translation service defined in IV of Article 105 of Law 2016-1321 of 7 October 2016 for a Digital Republic, at no additional cost to end users and at the expense of the businesses concerned.
The telephone reception services concerned are accessible directly or, failing that, via a dedicated online platform delivering the simultaneous written and visual translation service. Accessibility is either provided directly by the company, or entrusted by it, under its responsibility, to a specialised operator who is responsible for its implementation and execution, or provided via the universal telephone accessibility solution mentioned in IV of Article 105 of Law 2016-1321 of 7 October 2016.
The administrative authority in charge of competition and consumer affairs may call on the expertise of the departments of the ministry in charge of people with disabilities as part of the investigations required to monitor the provisions of this article.