The act of creating, owning, using or managing, whether in return for payment or free of charge, any collective site, outside a public cemetery or an authorised deposit or burial site, intended for the temporary or permanent deposit of urns or the scattering of ashes, in breach of this code, is punishable by a fine of €15,000 per offence. These provisions do not apply to cinerary sites created before 31 July 2005.