The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail sends a warning to the company in question, together with the inspection report or the results of the checks or verifications, indicating the facts that are attributed to it and that may justify the initiation of a sanction procedure. This warning specifies the deadline for implementing corrective measures.
If, despite the warning, the prescribed corrective measures have not been implemented by the end of the prescribed period, the Director General of the Agency will notify the company of the penalty he intends to impose. The notification shall specify the facts complained of and the amount of the financial penalty envisaged. The accused company is informed of its right to be notified of the documents in the file, and of the opportunity to be heard and to submit observations within one month of the date of receipt of the notification.
A new warning is not required if the company has already been the subject of a warning or financial penalty for the same reason within the previous two years.