Article L512-31 of the French Consumer Code
November 8, 2023
The authorized agents draw up a seizure report, which is sent to the public prosecutor within 24 hours.
The authorized agents draw up a seizure report, which is sent to the public prosecutor within 24 hours.
The seized products, objects or appliances shall be left in the custody of their holder or, failing that, deposited in a room designated by the authorised officers.
The authorised agents may destroy, sterilise or denature the products mentioned in 1° of article L. 512-29.These operations are recorded and justified in the seizure report.
Where the regulations provide for a procedure involving the sampling of one unit of a model and then, in the event of non-compliance, additional units of the same model, these additional units may be consigned pending the results of the test carried out on the first unit. The authorised officers shall draw up a consignment report, a copy of which shall be given to the holder of the products. The…
Authorised officers may apply to the liberties and detention judge for authorisation to detain, pending the necessary checks, goods suspected of not complying with the provisions of Book IV and the texts adopted for its application, when their continued presence on the market is likely to seriously and immediately undermine fair trading or consumer interests.
The deposit is made with the authorisation of the liberty and custody judge of the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the places where the disputed goods are held are located. This judge is seized on application by the authorised agents. It will rule within twenty-four hours.
Consigned goods are left in the custody of their holder.
The liberties and detention judge may order the release of the consignment measure at any time.It is de jure in all cases where the authorised agents have noted the conformity of the consigned goods or their bringing into conformity following the commitment of the person responsible for their first placing on the market or their holder.
The order authorising the extension of a consignment measure may be appealed to the first president of the court of appeal in accordance with the rules set out in the code of criminal procedure. The parties are not required to constitute a lawyer.
The provisions of this sub-section apply to samples taken as part of the investigation and recording of offences.The tests and analyses carried out on these samples are contradictory.The procedures for taking samples and for contradictory expert reports are defined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.
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