Effectiveness of the e-commerce law (No 18/05) in protecting electronic consummer against e-suppliers abuses

Abstract

The fact that the consumer is the weakest party to the contractual relationship, most of the legislations give him distinct protection against any abuse that hem ay have received from the supplier the dominant party to the relationship. In the digital environnement, the electronic consumer did not receive the same attention until the passage of law No. 18-05 relative to electronic commerce, wich attached a set of obligations to the electronic supplier at the pre-contract stage so taht it was required a visual, readable and written electronic trade show containig some informations that would make the consumer contract with full knowledge. In addition to including another set of informations and obligations. However, Law No. 18-05 still does not provide sufficient protection for the electronic consumer, especially since it deals with person behind the screen.otherwise, the lack of culture and legal awareness still are the biggest enemy of all consumers, especially the e-consumer who does not make different yet between an electronic contract and the business transactions through the social media platformes.

Keywords

• e-consumer ; e-supplier ; e-contract ; contractual obligations; effectiveness
• commitment to information ; the right to revoke
• abuses