Section 2: Criminal penalties

Infringements relating to swimming pools and bathing areas are recorded by the officials mentioned in article L. 1332-5, who are authorised and sworn in under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.

Without prejudice to the powers granted to officers or agents of the judicial police, to labour inspection officers and to mining police officers, the offences provided for in this chapter, those provided for in the regulations adopted in application of chapter III of this title, the offences against the rules of prevention mentioned inarticle L. 4451-1 of the Labour Code, as well as the offences concerning radiation protection provided for…

Discharging wastewater other than domestic wastewater into the public wastewater collection system without the authorisation referred to in article L. 1331-10 or in breach of the requirements of this authorisation is punishable by a fine of 10,000 euros.

The following is punishable by one year’s imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros: 1° Carrying out an activity or using a process, device or substance prohibited under Article L. 1333-4 ; 2° Exposing people beyond the limit values set by the decrees adopted for the application of 3° of Article L. 1333-2; 3° Undertaking or carrying out an activity referred to in Article L. 1333-1 without being the holder…

The following is punishable by six months’ imprisonment and a fine of €7,500: 1° Failing to comply with a formal notice issued pursuant to Article L. 1333-31 ; 2° Failing to communicate, in application of article L. 1333-16 , the information required to update the national file of radioactive sources mentioned in article L. 1333-5.

Obstructing the duties of the agents mentioned in articles L. 1333-29 and L. 1333-30 is punishable by six months’ imprisonment and a fine of €7,500.

Any advertising relating to the use of ionising radiation in human or veterinary medicine, when directed at persons other than doctors, veterinary surgeons or pharmacists, is punishable by a fine of €3,750.

The provisions of articles L. 173-5 to L. 173-12 of the Environment Code apply to offences under this chapter. Corporate entities declared criminally liable, under the conditions provided for by’article 121-2 of the Criminal Code, for the offences defined in article L. 1337-8 are liable, in addition to a fine in accordance with article 131-38 of the French Penal Code, to a ban on the sale of the product advertised…

Failure to comply with the prohibition measures mentioned in article L. 1335-4 is punishable by a fine of 15,000 euros.