Subsection 1: Definitions and scope of application

For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: 1° Electronic communications services means services consisting wholly or mainly in the provision of electronic communications within the meaning of 6° of Article L. 32 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code; 2° Micro-enterprises and small enterprises means the enterprises defined in the Annex to European Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003; > End-user means a user…

Articles L. 224-28, L. 224-29, L. 224-31, L. 224-33, L. 224-34, L. 224-40, L. 224-42 and L. 224-42-1 do not apply to interpersonal communications services not based on numbering within the meaning of 6° quater of Article L. 32 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code. Articles L. 224-27, L. 224-27-1, L. 224-28, L. 224-29, L. 224-39, L. 224-40, L. 224-42 and L. 224-42-1 and L. 224-42-3 do not…

Article L. 224-27, the I of article L. 224-28, articles L. 224-29, L. 224-30, L. 224-42 and the I and III of article L. 224-42-2 are also applicable to end users who are micro-enterprises, small businesses or non-profit organisations unless these users have expressly agreed to waive all or part of these provisions. The articles L. 224-26-3, L. 224-33, L. 224-40 and L. 224-42-1 apply to end users.

This section shall not apply to micro-enterprises providing non-dial-based interpersonal communications services, unless they also provide other electronic communications services. Prior to the conclusion of a contract, such undertakings shall inform consumers of this exemption, by means of a clear and unambiguous statement indicating that the contract does not, by virtue of this exemption, benefit from the consumer protection provisions laid down in this Section.