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Article L232-4 of the French Consumer Code

Where the parties have chosen the law of a State which is not a member of the European Union to govern the contract, the court before which that law is invoked is obliged to set aside its application in favour of the more protective provisions of the law of the consumer’s habitual residence ensuring the transposition of Directive 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2002, as amended, concerning the distance marketing of consumer financial services, and amending Council Directives 90/619/EEC, 97/7/EC and 98/27/EC, where the contract has a close link with the territory of one or more Member States of the European Union.

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Article L232-4


Lorsque les parties ont choisi la loi d’un Etat non membre de l’Union européenne pour régir le contrat, le juge devant lequel est invoquée cette loi est tenu d’en écarter l’application au profit des dispositions plus protectrices de la loi de la résidence habituelle du consommateur assurant la transposition de la directive 2002/65/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 23 septembre 2002 modifié concernant la commercialisation à distance de services financiers auprès des consommateurs, et modifiant les directives 90/619/CEE du Conseil, 97/7/CE et 98/27/CE, lorsque le contrat présente un lien étroit avec le territoire d’un ou plusieurs Etats membres de l’Union européenne.

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