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Article L613-2 of the French Consumer Code

When employed or remunerated exclusively by the professional, the consumer mediator satisfies the following additional conditions:1° He is appointed, in accordance with a transparent procedure, by a collegiate body set up by the company, comprising representatives of approved consumer defence associations and representatives of the professional, or reporting to a national consultative body in the consumer field or specific to a sector of activity under conditions laid down by decree…

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Article L613-3 of the French Consumer Code

Where the consumer mediator is employed or remunerated exclusively by a professional body or federation, he or she shall meet the requirements laid down by the provisions of article L. 613-1 and has a separate and sufficient budget to carry out its mission, except where it belongs to a collegiate body made up equally of representatives of approved consumer protection associations and representatives of professionals.

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Article L614-1 of the French Consumer Code

Every consumer mediator shall set up a website dedicated to mediation and providing direct access to information relating to the mediation process.This website shall enable consumers to submit a request for mediation online together with supporting documents.On request, this information may be made available on another durable medium.

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Article L614-2 of the French Consumer Code

The Ombudsman shall provide on its website an electronic link to the European online dispute resolution platform provided for in Regulation (EU) No 524/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on the online settlement of consumer disputes and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2006/2004 and Directive No 2009/22/EC (CLR Regulation).

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Article L614-4 of the French Consumer Code

The list of information mentioned in article L. 614-1 and the annual report referred to in article L. 613-1 are made available to the public and communicated by the ombudsman, in accordance with the procedures laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.

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Article L614-5 of the French Consumer Code

The consumer mediator communicates to the consumer mediation evaluation and control commission mentioned in article L. 615-1 information relating to its skills, organisation and activity. The list of this information is set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. .

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Article L615-1 of the French Consumer Code

La commission d’évaluation et de contrôle de la médiation de la consommation, placed under the Minister responsible for the economy, has the following mission: 1° To draw up and update the list of mediators, including public mediators, who meet the requirements set out in articles L. 613-1 to L. 613-3; 2° Notifying the European Commission of the mediators included on this list; 3° Assessing their mediation activities and monitoring their…

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Article L615-2 of the French Consumer Code

If a mediator does not meet the conditions required by this Title, the Commission d’évaluation et de contrôle de la médiation de la consommation shall refuse to include him on the list provided for by Article L. 615-1. If he is already registered and no longer meets these conditions or does not comply with his obligations, the commission may decide to remove the person concerned from the list.

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Article L615-3 of the French Consumer Code

The Minister responsible for the economy, the Minister responsible for consumer affairs, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, approved consumer protection associations or professional organisations may refer to the Commission any mediation practice or any condition for exercising the activity of mediator considered to be contrary to the provisions of this Title.It may also refer matters to itself.The Commission shall give its opinion within a maximum of three…

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