The HAMON law and consumer protection.

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...

Development of multi-professional financial participation companies

Other

Estimated reading time (in minutes) Development of multi-professional financial participation companies (SPFPL) A decisive step has just been taken in the development of a legal framework allowing the grouping of accounting and legal professionals, with the aim of...

No Smoking

Other, Real estate law

Estimated reading time (in minutes) Smoking ban The Court of Cassation recently clarified the ban on smoking on the closed terraces of cafes. In a judgment of June 13, 2013, the Court pointed out that smoking is strictly prohibited on café terraces closed on the...

Illegality of public subsidies for the septennial ceremonies of displaying relics.

Other

Estimated reading time (in minutes) The ceremonies of the septennial ostensions of relics having a cultic character, any public subsidy is illegal under the terms of the law of December 9, 1905 concerning the separation of the Church and the State. This is what the...

Removal of the term “Mademoiselle”

Other

Estimated reading time (in minutes) Removal of the term “  Mademoiselle  ”: In a decision of December 26, 2012, the Council of State validated the Prime Minister’s circular of February 21, 2012 which recommended the removal of the term “Mademoiselle” from...

The role of the Constitutional Council in the determination of the tax

Other

Estimated reading time (in minutes) Role of the Constitutional Council the decision taken by the Council on December 29, 2012 raises the question of whether the Elders have sinned by excess of wisdom. While it is important to recognize that the Declaration of Human...