French Consumer Code
In forceI.-The provisions of this chapter apply to contracts for the sale of movable tangible property between a professional seller, or any person presenting or acting as such, and a buyer acting as a consumer.
For the purposes of this Chapter, contracts under which the seller delivers goods and transfers ownership thereof to a consumer and the consumer provides any other benefit, instead of or in addition to the payment of a price, shall be treated as sales contracts.
For the purposes of this Chapter, contracts for the sale of goods to be manufactured or produced shall also be treated as sales contracts.
The provisions of this chapter apply to water, electricity and gas when they are packaged in a delimited volume or in a specific quantity.
The provisions of this chapter shall also apply to goods containing digital elements within the meaning of the introductory article where such elements are supplied with the goods as part of the contract of sale, whether such digital content or digital services are provided by the seller or by a third party. Where it is not clear that the supply of digital content or a digital service is the subject of a separate contract, that supply shall be presumed to fall within the contract for the sale of the goods.
II.-Where a contract brings together the sale of goods covered by this Chapter and other goods not covered by this Chapter, this Chapter applies only to the goods covered by this Chapter. In addition, where a contract has as its principal object the sale of goods covered by this Chapter and, as an ancillary object, the provision of services not covered by this Chapter, this Chapter applies only to the goods. Furthermore, in the case of a bundled offer within the meaning of article L. 224-42-2, the provisions of this chapter only apply to goods.
The conditions for rescinding these contracts are however governed by article L. 217-16.
