Any person who publishes, disseminates or causes to be disseminated by any means an offer of service or sale or an advertisement intended to make his professional activity known to the public must:
1° When subject to compliance with the formalities mentioned in Articles L. 8221-3 and L. 8221-5:
a) To mention an identification number provided for by decree in the Conseil d’Etat or, for a company in the process of being set up, its name or company name and its business address ;
b) Inform the person responsible for the publication or broadcast of its name or corporate name and business address;
2° Where it is not subject to compliance with the formalities referred to in 1°:
a) Mention its name and address on any advertisement made by means of a poster or prospectus;
b) To communicate its name and address to the person responsible for publication or distribution.
The person responsible for the publication or distribution shall make this information available to the control officers mentioned in article L. 8271-7 for a period of six months from the date on which the advertisement ceases to be distributed.