Competition & Consumer Law, Other
Estimated reading time (in minutes) Revolution ! Twenty-one years after the entry into force of the Consumer Code, Law no. Law n° 2014-344 relating to consumption, known as the “ Hamon law ”, in reference to the one who will have been the main one as Minister of the...
Competition & Consumer Law
Estimated reading time (in minutes) Credit rights The Court of Cassation recently reaffirmed that a sale in installments, deferred or split payments is qualified as a consumer credit transaction , giving the buyer the right to exercise his right of withdrawal....
Competition & Consumer Law
Estimated reading time (in minutes) Law of latent defects The Court of Cassation, in a recent case concerning the sale of a boat, reaffirmed that the purchaser of a property is not required to carry out trials or tests to subsequently invoke a latent defect. The...
Competition & Consumer Law
Estimated reading time (in minutes) Legal Battler Foundation, a renowned architectural institution, has filed a lawsuit against Getty Images France, a major image licensing company, alleging copyright infringement. The foundation accused Getty Images France of...
Competition & Consumer Law
Estimated reading time (in minutes) Ensuring consumer protection In the field of e-commerce , it is crucial to enforce consumer rights and provide them with essential information, in particular on their right of withdrawal. According to the interpretation of the Court...
Competition & Consumer Law, Non classifié(e)
Estimated reading time (in minutes) Consumer reforms On the occasion of the presentation of the report of the Economic Analysis Council on consumer protection, significant changes were announced concerning consumer rights in France . Benoît Hamon, then Minister...
