Article 540: Conclusion and extension of the energy supply contract

1. In the case of a citizen using energy for domestic use, the contract shall be deemed to have been concluded from the time of the first actual connection. Unless otherwise provided by agreement of the parties, such a contract shall be deemed to have been concluded indefinitely and may be modified or terminated on the basis of 2. An energy supply contract concluded for a specified period shall be deemed to have been extended for the same period and under the same conditions if, before the end of the period, 3. If one of the parties, before the end of the period of the contract, has submitted a proposal for a contract of succession, neither party will declare it to have been terminated or modified or a new contract to have been concluded. The conduct of a new contract, then the relations of the parties before the conclusion of a new contract are governed by the previous contract.