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Article L122-1 of the French Consumer Code

Any advertisement that compares goods or services by implicitly or explicitly identifying a competitor or goods or services offered by a competitor is lawful only if:
1° It is not misleading or likely to mislead;
2° It relates to goods or services that meet the same needs or have the same objective;
3° It objectively compares one or more essential, relevant, verifiable and representative characteristics of those goods or services, which may include price.

Original in French 🇫🇷
Article L122-1


Toute publicité qui met en comparaison des biens ou services en identifiant, implicitement ou explicitement, un concurrent ou des biens ou services offerts par un concurrent n’est licite que si :
1° Elle n’est pas trompeuse ou de nature à induire en erreur ;
2° Elle porte sur des biens ou services répondant aux mêmes besoins ou ayant le même objectif ;
3° Elle compare objectivement une ou plusieurs caractéristiques essentielles, pertinentes, vérifiables et représentatives de ces biens ou services, dont le prix peut faire partie.

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