Book IV: Criminal and financial penalties

Infringements relating to tattooing products, as provided for in this chapter and in the regulations adopted for its application, shall be investigated and recorded in accordance with the provisions of article L. 5431-1 relating to cosmetic products.

The following is punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of €30,000: 1° For the person responsible for an establishment manufacturing, packaging or importing tattoo products, to open, operate or extend the activity of an establishment to include such operations, without first making a declaration to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products)…

Natural persons guilty of the offences defined in article L. 5437-2 are also liable to the following additional penalties: 1° Dissemination of the sentencing decision and of one or more messages informing the public of this decision, in accordance with the conditions set out in article 131-35 of the French Criminal Code; 2° Posting of the sentenced decision, in accordance with the conditions and under the penalties set out in…

Legal entities declared criminally liable, under the conditions set out in Article 121-2 of the French Penal Code, for the offences defined in Article L. 5437-2 of this Code shall be liable, in addition to a fine in accordance with the provisions of article 131-38 of the French Criminal Code: 1° Confiscation of the thing that was used or intended to be used to commit the offence or of the…

Failure by the person responsible for placing the tattooing product on the market, within the meaning of article L. 513-10-2, to report serious adverse reactions to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé as soon as they become aware of them and by any means, under the conditions mentioned in I of article L. 513-10-8, is punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of…