The following are punishable by a fifth-class fine
1° Importing, holding with a view to sale, offering for sale, selling, distributing free of charge or against payment, hiring out or making available to the public sports equipment not fitted with a fixing or counterweight device as provided for in article R. 322-21 of this Code or fitted with a device that does not comply with the requirements of the same article;
2° Placing on the market football, handball and hockey goal cages and basketball goals that do not comply with the requirements of article R. 322-23 of this Code;
3° Making sports equipment available to users, whether free of charge or for a fee, without complying with the conditions laid down in articles R. 322-24 and R. 322-25 of this Code;
4° For those responsible for first placing the equipment mentioned in article R. 322-19 on the market, failing to present the file mentioned in article R. 322-22 of this Code to the officials responsible for inspection;
5° For operators or managers of the equipment referred to in article R. 322-19, failing to present the inspection and maintenance plan and the register of tests and inspections carried out to the officials responsible for inspection, in breach of the provisions of article R. 322-25 of this code;
6° For operators or managers of the equipment mentioned in article R. 322-19, failing to report serious accidents in breach of the provisions of article R. 322-25-1 of this code.
Repeated offences are punishable in accordance with articles 132-11 and 132-15 of the French Penal Code.