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Article L343-5 of the French Intellectual Property Code

Natural persons guilty of any of the offences provided for in this Chapter may also be ordered, at their own expense, to remove from the channels of commerce the articles found to be infringing and any thing that served or was intended to serve in the commission of the offence.

The court may order the destruction at the expense of the convicted person or the handing over to the injured party of the objects and things removed from the commercial circuits or confiscated, without prejudice to any damages.

It may also order, at the expense of the convicted person, the posting or broadcasting of the judgment handing down the sentence, under the conditions and subject to the penalties provided for in Article 131-35 of the Penal Code.

Original in French 🇫🇷
Article L343-5

Les personnes physiques coupables de l’un des délits prévus au présent chapitre peuvent en outre être condamnées, à leurs frais, à retirer des circuits commerciaux les objets jugés contrefaisants et toute chose qui a servi ou était destinée à commettre l’infraction.

La juridiction peut ordonner la destruction aux frais du condamné ou la remise à la partie lésée des objets et choses retirés des circuits commerciaux ou confisqués, sans préjudice de tous dommages et intérêts.

Elle peut également ordonner, aux frais du condamné, l’affichage ou la diffusion du jugement prononçant la condamnation, dans les conditions et sous les peines prévues à l’article 131-35 du code pénal.

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