Chapter III: Criminal settlements

The administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs has the right, as long as the public prosecution has not been initiated, to reach a settlement, with the agreement of the public prosecutor, in accordance with the procedures laid down by decree in the Council of State, for: 1° Offences covered by Books I, II, III and IV as well as those covered by their implementing regulations; >2° Offences not…

A copy of the official record of the offence is attached to the settlement proposal sent to the offender.

The act by which the public prosecutor agrees to the proposed settlement interrupts the statute of limitations for public prosecution.

The public prosecution is extinguished when the perpetrator of the offence has fulfilled the obligations resulting for him from the acceptance of the transaction within the time limit set.