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Find out more about the legal consequences of this decision and possible remedies for professionals.<br \/>\n\ud83d\udfe9 Introduction<\/p>\n<p>On February 24, 2024, the Lyon Court of Appeal marked a turning point in consumer law as applied to professionals.<br \/>\nIn a long-awaited decision, it sentenced LOCAM to a fine of \u20ac1,200,000, thereby incurring criminal liability for misleading commercial practices.<\/p>\n<p>This decision follows nearly one hundred complaints lodged by professionals, often very small businesses or self-employed people, who had taken out off-premises rental contracts.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udfe8 The three offenses of which LOCAM is accused<br \/>\nMisleading commercial practices (L.121-2 Consumer Code)<\/p>\n<p>LOCAM is accused of providing ambiguous contractual documents and systematically refusing to exercise the right of withdrawal, citing erroneous information.<\/p>\n<p>Advance payment prohibited (L.221-10 Code de la consommation)<\/p>\n<p>The company allegedly collected sums before the expiration of the legal withdrawal period, which is prohibited by law.<\/p>\n<p>Contract not in compliance with legal obligations (L.221-5 Code de la consommation)<\/p>\n<p>LOCAM failed to comply with the formal rules imposed, in particular the obligation to provide a contract containing all pre-contractual information.<\/p>\n<p>Translated with DeepL.com (free version)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lyon Court of Appeal has fined LOCAM 1.2 million euros for misleading commercial practices. 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