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From March 1, commercial canvassing by telephone will be prohibited on weekends as well as on public holidays according to a decree published on Friday in the Official Journal.

The schedules will also be supervised from Monday to Friday.

Practice will thus be authorized “from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

This framework will apply "both to people not registered on the Bloctel list", which allows them to register their number free of charge to oppose cold calling, "as well as to those registered but requested under a contract in Classes ".



Four requests per month maximum

However, this framework will not apply “if the consumer has given his express and prior consent to be called, the professional having to justify this”.

A person may not be solicited "by telephone for commercial prospecting purposes more than four times a month by the same professional or by a person acting on his behalf", it is specified.

Finally, “when the consumer refuses this canvassing during the conversation, the professional refrains from contacting him or attempting to contact him before the expiry of a period of sixty calendar days from this refusal”.

Violation of these rules may be sanctioned with a fine of 75,000 euros for a natural person and 375,000 euros for a legal person.

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