Doctrine

Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, Chapter 2, Section 1, Article 6 Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, Chapter 2, Section 1, Article 7 Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, Chapter 2, Section 2, Article 8 Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, Chapter 2, Section 2, Article 9

This article describes the modifications to the French Consumer Code resulting from the implementation of the UCP Directive by the Law No. 2008-3, of 3 January 2008.

The author emphasises the convergence of consumer law and civil law principles. According to the author, modifications of consumer law have led to gloss over the specificity of civil law. In particular, the author stresses the similarity between misleading and aggressive practices, respectively, and the definitions of willful misrepresentation and duress found in civil law. A convergence in respect of sanctions provided by consumer law and civil law is also noticed by the author.

The author also criticizes the implementation into national law of the provisions of the UCP Directive.