Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

The provisions of articles L. 1454-6 and L. 1454-7 are applicable to the members of the consultative commissions set up by the ministers responsible for health and social security, as well as to persons who occasionally collaborate in the work of these commissions.

The persons mentioned in I and II of article L. 1451-1 and in article L. 1452-3 are liable to a fine of 30,000 euros if they knowingly omit, under the conditions laid down by the same article, to draw up or amend a declaration of interests in order to update the data contained therein or to provide false information that undermines the truthfulness of the declaration.

It is punishable by a fine of 45,000 euros for companies producing or marketing products mentioned in Article L. 5311-1 or providing services associated with these products to knowingly omit to make public the precise purpose, date, direct beneficiary and final beneficiary, and amount of the agreements mentioned in Article L. 1453-1, concluded with the persons, associations, establishments, foundations, companies, organisations and bodies mentioned in 1° to 9° of I…

It is punishable by a fine of 45,000 euros for companies producing or marketing veterinary medicinal products or providing services associated with these products not to make public the precise purpose, date, direct beneficiary and final beneficiary, and the amount of the agreements mentioned in I of article L. 1453-2 concluded with the natural and legal persons mentioned in the same I, the remuneration mentioned in Ia of the same…

For the offences mentioned in this chapter, natural persons are also liable to the following additional penalties: 1° Dissemination of the sentencing decision and one or more press releases informing the public of this decision, under the conditions set out inarticle 131-35 of the Criminal Code; 2° Posting of the sentence, under the conditions and subject to the penalties provided for in the same article 131-35; 3° A ban on…

Legal entities declared criminally liable, under the conditions set out inarticle 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences set out in this chapter shall incur, in addition to the fine set out in article 131-38 of the same Code, the penalties set out in 2° to 9° of article 131-39 of the said Code.

In addition to officers and agents of the judicial police, the following are empowered to investigate and record, in the course of their duties, breaches of the provisions of Sections 3 and 4 of Chapter III of this Title and of the regulations made for their application: 1° Agents de la concurrence, de la consommation et de la répression des fraudes, who have the powers provided for in sections 1…

For the persons mentioned in article L. 1453-4, receiving benefits in cash or in kind, in any form whatsoever, directly or indirectly, offered or procured by the persons mentioned in article L. 1453-5, subject to the reservations set out in articles L. 1453-6 to L. 1453-9, is punishable by one year’s imprisonment and a fine of €75,000.

For the persons mentioned in article L. 1453-5, offering or providing benefits in cash or in kind, in any form whatsoever, directly or indirectly, to the persons mentioned in article L. 1453-4, subject to the provisions of articles L. 1453-6 to L. 1453-9, is punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of €150,000. The amount of the fine may be increased to 50% of the expenses incurred for the…

The procedures established by the agents mentioned in article L. 1454-6 against a person mentioned in article L. 1453-4, on the basis of the offence defined in article L. 1454-7, are reported, as soon as they are closed, to the competent administrative authority or to the professional association concerned for possible referral to its disciplinary body. Any decisions taken by these disciplinary bodies in this context are then forwarded to…