9. Legal aspects
In the eyes of many, a document transmitted by telex can constitute indisputable proof. With the development of the fax, the question of its legal value quickly arose. Can it replace the telex in commercial exchanges?
French law distinguishes between :
commercial law (which applies to exchanges of goods and services between commercial professionals or between a private individual and a commercial professional);
and civil law (which applies to exchanges between private individuals).
In civil law, for transaction amounts in excess of 5,000 F (762 ), faxes only constitute the beginning of proof, whereas for transactions below this sum, and in commercial...
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Standards bodies
Union International de Télécommunication (UIT) (International Telecommunication Union) http://www.itu.int/home/index-fr.html
French Standards Agency (AFNOR) http://www.afnor.fr/
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Standards and norms
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International Standard Institute (ISO)
- Technologies de l'information. Jeux de caractères graphiques codés sur un seul octet. Partie 1 : alphabet latin n 1 - ISO/IEC 8859-1 - 1998
- Technologies de l'information. Représentation codée des images et du son. Compression progressive des images en deux tons - ISO/IEC 11544 - 1993
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