It is punishable by the fines provided for in 5° of Article 131-13 of the Penal Code for fifth-class offences makes it a criminal offence to provide a person with a trade name, trademark or sign while requiring that person to give an undertaking of exclusivity or quasi-exclusivity for the exercise of the person’s activity without having communicated to the person, at least twenty days before the signing of the contract, the information document and draft contract referred to in Article L. 330-3.
In the event of a repeat offence, the fines provided for in 5° of article 131-13 of the French Penal Code for fifth-class offences committed on a repeat offence are applicable.