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Article L311-5-1 of the French Tourism Code

The contract between a hotelier and a natural or legal person operating an online reservation platform for the rental of hotel rooms to customers may only be concluded in the name and on behalf of the hotelier and within the written framework of the agency contract referred to in Articles 1984 et seq. of the French Civil Code.

Notwithstanding the first paragraph of this article, the hotelier remains free to grant the customer any discount or price advantage of any kind whatsoever, any clause to the contrary being deemed unwritten.

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Article L311-5-1

Le contrat entre un hôtelier et une personne physique ou morale exploitant une plateforme de réservation en ligne portant sur la location de chambres d’hôtel aux clients ne peut être conclu qu’au nom et pour le compte de l’hôtelier et dans le cadre écrit du contrat de mandat mentionné aux articles 1984 et suivants du code civil.

Nonobstant le premier alinéa du présent article, l’hôtelier conserve la liberté de consentir au client tout rabais ou avantage tarifaire, de quelque nature que ce soit, toute clause contraire étant réputée non écrite.

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