Any breach of the laws and regulations relating to his profession or his duties as a sworn goods broker and any breach of probity or honour, even relating to facts unrelated to the tasks entrusted to him, exposes the sworn goods broker to disciplinary proceedings.
The lapsing of the registration or striking off of a sworn goods broker’s name does not prevent prosecution if the acts of which he is accused were committed during the performance of his duties.
The disciplinary penalties are :
<1° A warning;
<2° Temporary striking off for a maximum period of three years;
3° Striking off with permanent deprivation of the right to be entered on one of the lists provided for in article L. 131-12 or withdrawal of honorary status.
Prosecutions are brought by the public prosecutor before the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the sworn broker carries out his activity. Disciplinary proceedings are time-barred after ten years. Disciplinary decisions must state the reasons on which they are based. They may be appealed to the Court of Appeal.