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Article L512-19 of the French Consumer Code

The authorised officials may cooperate, in the performance of their duties, with the competent authorities of the member countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), with a view to preventing or stopping illicit cross-border commercial practices.
This cooperation consists of establishing contacts, exchanging information not covered by the provisions of Article 11 of the Code of Criminal Procedure or those relating to professional secrecy, and in the referral of consumer complaints in third countries.

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Article L512-19


Les agents habilités peuvent coopérer, dans l’exercice de leurs missions, avec les autorités compétentes des pays membres de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques (OCDE), en vue de prévenir ou de faire cesser des pratiques commerciales transfrontières illicites.
Cette coopération consiste en l’établissement de contacts, d’échanges d’informations non couvertes par les dispositions de l’article 11 du code de procédure pénale ou celles relatives au secret professionnel, et en l’orientation des plaintes des consommateurs dans des pays tiers.

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