TITLE I: Clearance sales, unpacking sales, sales on sale and factory outlet sales.

Sales accompanied or preceded by advertising and announced as tending, through a reduction in price, to the accelerated disposal of all or part of the goods of a commercial establishment following a decision, whatever the cause, to cease, seasonally suspend or change the activity, or substantially modify the operating conditions, are considered liquidations. Liquidation operations are subject to prior declaration to the mayor of the municipality in which the liquidation…

I. – Sales and repurchases of goods carried out in premises or on sites not intended for public sale or repurchase of these goods and from vehicles specially equipped for this purpose are deemed to be unpacking sales. Unpacking sales may not exceed two months per calendar year on the same premises, on the same site or in the same district. Unpacking sales of fresh fruit and vegetables during periods…

I.-Sales are sales that are accompanied or preceded by advertising and are announced as being aimed, through a reduction in price, at the accelerated disposal of goods in stock. Sales take place during two periods per calendar year, each lasting a minimum of three weeks and a maximum of six weeks, with the start and end dates and times set by an order of the Minister for the Economy. This…

The name of shop or factory outlet may only be used by producers selling directly to the public the part of their production not sold in the distribution circuit or being returned. These direct sales relate exclusively to production from the previous marketing season, thus justifying a sale at a reduced price. .

A fine of 15,000 euros shall be imposed: 1° Carrying out a liquidation without the prior declaration mentioned in article L. 310-1 or in disregard of the conditions laid down in that article; 2° Carrying out an unpacking sale without the declaration provided for by article L. 310-2 or in disregard of this declaration; 3° Conducting sales involving goods that have been held for less than one month at the…

Corporate entities held criminally liable, under the conditions set out in Article 121-2 of the Criminal Code, the offences defined in Article L. 310-5 of this Code shall incur, in addition to the fine in accordance with the procedures laid down by Article 131-38 of the Penal Code, the penalty provided for by 9° of Article 131-39 of the same code.

The offences provided for in this title or in the texts adopted for its application are investigated and recorded by the agents mentioned in II of article L. 450-1, under the conditions provided for in articles L. 450-1, L. 450-2, L. 450-3, L. 450-7 and L. 450-8. The articles L. 521-1, L. 521-2 and L. 524-1 to L. 524-3 of the Consumer Code may be implemented on the basis of…

Detailed rules for the application of the provisions of this Title shall be laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat, and in particular the sectors in which announcements, irrespective of the medium, of price reductions to consumers may not be expressed as a percentage or by mentioning the price previously charged, and the duration or conditions of this prohibition.