The cessation of the misleading commercial practice may be ordered by the investigating judge or by the court hearing the case, either at the request of the public prosecutor or ex officio. The measure thus taken is enforceable notwithstanding any means of appeal. It may be lifted by the court that ordered it or that is seized of the case. The measure ceases to have effect in the event of…
Failure to comply with the judge’s decision ordering the cessation of the misleading commercial practice is punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros.
A contract concluded as a result of an aggressive commercial practice mentioned in articles L. 121-6 and L. 121-7 is null and void.
The aggressive commercial practices referred to in articles L. 121-6 and L. 121-7 are punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros. The amount of the fine may be increased, in proportion to the benefits derived from the offence, to 10% of the average annual turnover, calculated on the basis of the last three annual turnover figures known on the date of the offence. In the event…
When the aggressive commercial practices mentioned in articles L. 121-6 and L. 121-7 have been followed by the conclusion of one or more contracts, the prison sentence provided for in Article L. 132-11 is increased to three years.
When the aggressive commercial practices mentioned in articles L. 121-6 and L. 121-7 have been committed as part of an organised gang, the prison sentence provided for in Article L. 132-11 is increased to seven years.
Natural persons guilty of the offence punishable under article L. 132-11 are prohibited, for a period of up to five years, from directly or indirectly engaging in commercial activity. Corporate entities declared criminally liable under the conditions provided for in the Article 121-2 of the Penal Code, of the offence punishable under Article L. 132-11 shall incur, in addition to the fine in accordance with the procedures set out in…
A contract concluded as a result of abuse of weakness is null and void.
Abusing a person’s weakness or ignorance within the meaning of articles L. 121-8 to L. 121-10 is punishable by three years’ imprisonment and a fine of 375,000 euros. The amount of the fine may be increased, in proportion to the benefits derived from the offence, to 10% of average annual turnover, calculated on the basis of the last three annual turnover figures known on the date of the offence.
Natural persons guilty of the offence punishable under Article L. 132-14 also incur as additional penalties the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures set out in the Article 131-27 of the Criminal Code, to hold a public office or to engage in the professional or social activity in the exercise or on the occasion of the exercise of which the offence was committed, or to engage in a commercial or…
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