The provisions of this chapter do not deprive the consumer of the right to bring an action arising from the guarantee for latent defects as it results from Articles 1641 to 1649 of the Civil Code or any other action of a contractual or extra-contractual nature recognised to him by law. Where a restriction arising from the infringement of the rights of any third party, in particular intellectual property rights,…
A recourse action may be brought by the seller against any person upstream in the chain of commercial transactions, including the producer, in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Code.
The provisions of this chapter shall also apply to contracts concluded between a professional seller and a non-professional buyer.
By way of derogation from Article 2254 of the Civil Code, the parties to a contract between a seller or supplier and a consumer may not, even by mutual agreement, alter the duration of the limitation period or add to the grounds for suspending or interrupting it. .
Action by professionals, in respect of goods or services they provide to consumers, shall be barred after two years.
The provisions of this Title are a matter of public policy.
I. – For the purposes of this Title, the following are deemed to be: 1° Distance contract: any contract concluded between a trader and a consumer, under an organised distance sales or service-provision scheme, without the simultaneous physical presence of the trader and the consumer, through the exclusive use of one or more means of distance communication until the conclusion of the contract; 2° Off-premises contract: any contract concluded between…
Excluded from the scope of this chapter are:
The provisions of sections 2, 3, 6 of this chapter applicable to relations between consumers and professionals, are extended to contracts concluded off-premises between two professionals provided that the subject of these contracts does not fall within the scope of the principal activity of the professional solicited and that the number of employees employed by the latter is less than or equal to five.
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to contracts for the supply of water, gas or electricity where they are not packaged in a delimited volume or in a specific quantity, and to the supply of district heating. They also apply to contracts for the supply of digital content without a physical medium.
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