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Book IV: CONFORMITY AND SAFETY OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

Article L411-1 of the French Consumer Code

From the moment they are first placed on the market, products and services must comply with the requirements in force relating to the safety and health of individuals, fair trading and consumer protection.The person responsible for first placing a product or service on the market shall check that it complies with the requirements in force.At the request of authorised agents, he shall justify the checks and controls carried out.

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Article L411-2 of the French Consumer Code

Any operator who becomes aware, after acquiring or transferring products, of non-compliance with the regulations relating to a substantial quality of all or part of these products, shall inform without delay, by any means that he can justify, the person who supplied him with these products and those to whom he transferred them. .

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Article L412-1 of the French Consumer Code

I.-Decrees in the Council of State define the rules with which goods must comply. In particular, they determine: 1° The conditions under which the export, offer, sale, distribution free of charge, possession, labelling, packaging or method of use of goods are prohibited or regulated; 2° The conditions under which the manufacture and import of goods other than products of animal origin and foodstuffs containing them, animal feedstuffs and animal feedstuffs…

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Article L412-2 of the French Consumer Code

Where a European regulation contains provisions which fall within the scope of this title, a decree in the Council of State shall specify that these provisions, together with those of the European regulations which amend them or which are adopted for their application, constitute the implementing measures provided for in Article L. 412-1.

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Article L412-3 of the French Consumer Code

The conditions under which the mandatory nutrition declaration provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October, as amended, on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament…

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Article L412-4 of the French Consumer Code

Without prejudice to specific provisions on the method of indicating the origin of foodstuffs, the indication of the country of origin is mandatory for agricultural and food products and seafood products, whether raw or processed. Without prejudice to labelling requirements laid down by specific provisions of European Union law, where the country of origin or place of provenance of the food is indicated and it is not that of its…

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Article L412-5 of the French Consumer Code

Without prejudice to the specific provisions relating to the indication of the origin of foodstuffs, the indication of origin is made compulsory for milk, as well as for milk used as an ingredient in dairy products and for meat used as an ingredient in processed products, on an experimental basis from the publication of Law 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, combating corruption and modernising economic life and until…

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Article L412-6 of the French Consumer Code

Persons or businesses that process or distribute food products as part of a permanent or occasional, main or ancillary commercial or mass catering activity or takeaway sales of prepared dishes may specify on their menus or any other medium the catch or production area of the aquatic products they offer. The catch or production area shall be determined under the conditions laid down in Article 38 of Regulation (EU) No…

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Article L412-8 of the French Consumer Code

Prior to the conclusion of a distance contract for the sale of foodstuffs, the trader shall provide the consumer, pursuant to Article L. 221-5, in a legible and comprehensible manner, the information required by Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European…

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