If the financial operation of the market shows or is likely to show a serious imbalance, the prefect responsible for policing the market may give formal notice to the operator to take the necessary measures to restore equilibrium. He will inform the delegating public authorities or their groupings and, where applicable, the authorities that have guaranteed the loans contracted by the manager, as well as the regional council.
Where, on expiry of a period of three months from the date of receipt of the formal notice, the operator has not taken the necessary measures to restore the financial equilibrium of the market, the ministers responsible for trade and agriculture may make use of the powers provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 761-3.