Subsection 1: Value-added services

The operators mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 224-43 are informed of the numbers reported concerning them.

The procedures for the reporting mechanism provided for in article L. 224-47 and the methods by which operators are informed of the numbers concerning them pursuant to article L. 224-52 are set by decree.

Any provider of a voice communications service, within the meaning of 7° of Article L. 32 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code, shall offer consumers a free option to block calls to premium rate numbers in certain value-added number ranges. These number ranges are defined by a joint order of the ministers responsible for consumer affairs and the digital economy, issued after consulting the Autorité de régulation des…

The provisions of this section shall also apply to contracts concluded between professionals and non-professionals.

No sum may be charged to the consumer for a call from mainland France, the overseas departments and regions and the territorial collectivities of Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon to a telephone service where the consumer has been informed, in any form whatsoever, that the call to that service is free of charge. The provisions of this article are applicable to any company offering, directly or through a third party, a…