{"id":7591,"date":"2023-05-12T09:12:22","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T07:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.avocat-desrumaux.fr\/off-premises-contracts-concept-and-obligations\/"},"modified":"2025-02-10T10:05:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T09:05:17","slug":"off-premises-contracts-concept-and-obligations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.avocat-desrumaux.fr\/en\/off-premises-contracts-concept-and-obligations\/","title":{"rendered":"Off-premises contracts: concept and obligations"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7591\" class=\"elementor elementor-7591 elementor-4425\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f5b4a40 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f5b4a40\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb9a164\" data-id=\"cb9a164\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20b292a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20b292a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The French Consumer Code governs relations between professionals and consumers (individuals acting in a private capacity). It grants consumers a number of particularly protective rights, including the right of withdrawal and the obligation to provide pre-contractual information. <\/p>\n<p>Under certain conditions, certain provisions of consumer law may apply to certain professionals. These include the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avocat-desrumaux.fr\/en\/right-of-withdrawal-who-pays-for-postage\/\">right of withdrawal<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>You must offer your customer a right of withdrawal if :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The contract is concluded off-site; and<\/li>\n<li>The subject of the contract does not fall within the customer&#8217;s main field of activity (e.g.: contract for the creation of a website when the customer has a gardening business); and<\/li>\n<li>The customer has 5 employees or less.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What is an off-premises contract?<\/h2>\n<p>This contract is defined in article L. 221-1 of the French Consumer Code, which applies in particular to contracts concluded at a place of sale which is not the seller&#8217;s usual place of business (a fair, exhibition, promotional excursion, etc.) or concluded at the seller&#8217;s usual place of business immediately after a meeting at such a place.<\/p>\n<p>If your sales process falls into this category, or is likely to do so on the occasion of a particular event, you need to adapt your General Terms and Conditions of Sale.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, you must :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Insert the specific information required by article L. 221-5 of the French Consumer Code;<\/li>\n<li>Include all the special provisions applicable to off-premises contracts set out in the Consumer Code;<\/li>\n<li>Establish a right of withdrawal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Professionals operating at trade fairs and exhibitions are particularly likely to have their General Terms and Conditions of Sale reviewed by the relevant authorities.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The French Consumer Code governs relations between professionals and consumers (individuals acting in a private capacity). 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