The placing on the market or sale, by a manufacturer or importer of alcoholic beverages, in France or in a territory subject to French authority, of beverages from the third, fourth or fifth group without having made the declaration provided for in article L. 3322-1, is punishable by a fine of 6,000 euros.
The same penalty is applicable to importers and manufacturers who supply the said beverages for circulation or sale in packaging that does not bear the indications required by article L. 3322-2 or who display on this packaging the descriptions prohibited by the said article.