Documents collected and drawn up in connection with the investigation and establishment of a breach that has given rise to an administrative penalty procedure may only be communicated to the person who is the subject of the procedure or their representative.
The fine shall be recovered in the same way as for debts unrelated to taxes and property.
The administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs may, at the same time as informing the accused person in writing of the sanction envisaged against him under the conditions set out in Article L. 522-5, send him a proposal for an administrative settlement. This proposed settlement suspends the period mentioned in the same article L. 522-5. The proposed settlement specifies the amount of the sum to be paid to…
The detailed rules for the application of this chapter shall be laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.
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.
Following the findings made on the basis of articles L. 511-5 à L. 511-7, the administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs may apply to the civil court or, if appropriate, to the administrative court: 1° to order, where appropriate subject to a fine, the removal of an unlawful, prohibited or unfair term inserted by a professional in any contract or type of contract offered or intended for consumers…
The administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs may, after notifying the public prosecutor, ask the civil court to order, where appropriate subject to a fine, any measure likely to put an end to the breaches of contractual obligations or unlawful conduct referred to in Articles L. 511-5, L. 511-6 and L. 511-7.
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