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Article L420-6 of the French Commercial code

It shall be punishable by four years’ imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros for any natural person to fraudulently take a personal and determining part in the design, organisation or implementation of practices referred to in articles L. 420-1, L. 420-2 and L. 420-2-2.

The court may order its decision to be published in full or in extracts in the newspapers it designates, at the expense of the convicted person.

Actions interrupting the statute of limitations before the Competition Authority pursuant to the third paragraph of Article L. 462-7 also interrupt the statute of limitations for public action.

Original in French 🇫🇷
Article L420-6

Est puni d’un emprisonnement de quatre ans et d’une amende de 75000 euros le fait, pour toute personne physique de prendre frauduleusement une part personnelle et déterminante dans la conception, l’organisation ou la mise en oeuvre de pratiques visées aux articles L. 420-1, L. 420-2 et L. 420-2-2.

Le tribunal peut ordonner que sa décision soit publiée intégralement ou par extraits dans les journaux qu’il désigne, aux frais du condamné.

Les actes interruptifs de la prescription devant l’Autorité de la concurrence en application du troisième alinéa de l’article L. 462-7 sont également interruptifs de la prescription de l’action publique.

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