This section applies to relations between, on the one hand, companies and, on the other hand, State administrations, public administrative establishments of the State, local authorities, their groupings and their public administrative establishments, private persons entrusted with a public administrative service, bodies managing social protection schemes covered by the Social Security Code and the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code or mentioned in Articles L. 3141-32 and L. 5427-1 of the Labour Code and the bodies responsible for keeping a legal publicity register, including registries.
However, it does not apply to relations between companies and professional bodies, except where the third paragraph of article L. 123-33 of this code is applied.