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Article L454-4 of the French Consumer Code

The fines provided for in articles L. 454-1 to L. 454-3 may be increased, in a manner that is proportionate 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 at the time of the offence.

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Article L454-5 of the French Consumer Code

Natural persons guilty of the offences punishable under articles L. 454-1 to L. 454-3 shall also incur, as additional penalties, the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures set out in the Article 131-27 of the Penal Code, from holding a public office or carrying out the professional or social activity in the exercise or on the occasion of the exercise of which the offence was committed, or from exercising a…

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Article L454-6 of the French Consumer Code

The offences provided for in articles L. 441-2, L. 441-3and L. 441-4 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 5% of the average annual turnover, calculated on the last three annual turnover figures known at the date of the offence. Physical persons shall also be subject to…

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Article L454-7 of the French Consumer Code

In the event of conviction for offences punishable under articles L. 454-1 to L. 454-3 and L. 454-6, the court may also order: 1° The posting and publication of the decision under the conditions set out in article 131-35 of the Penal Code ; 2° The broadcasting of one or more messages. The judgment shall set out the terms of these messages and how they are to be disseminated and…

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Article L455-1 of the French Consumer Code

The suspension of the marketing of goods in respect of which proceedings have been brought for infringement of the provisions of Titles I, II and IV and the texts adopted for their application may be ordered by the examining magistrate or the court hearing the proceedings.The measure shall be enforceable notwithstanding any appeal. It may be discharged by the court that ordered it or that is hearing the case. The…

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Article L455-2 of the French Consumer Code

Sont considérés, au regard de la récidive, comme une même infraction, les délits prévus et réprimés par: 1° Les articles L. 121-2 à L. 121-4 et L. 132-2, les articles L. 122-1 to L. 122-5 and L. 132-25, articles L. 431-2, L. 431-4, L. 432-2, L. 432-4, L. 432-6, L. 433-2, L. 433-9, L. 453-1 to L. 453-8, articles L. 441-1 and L. 454-1, articles L. 413-1 and L. 451-1…

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Article L461-1 of the French Consumer Code

For the application of article L. 412-6 in Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the words: “in Article 38 of EU Regulation No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the common organisation of the markets in fisheries and aquaculture products, amending Council Regulations No 1184/2006 and No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulation No 104/2000” are replaced by the words: “by the rules applicable in mainland…

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Article L462-1 of the French Consumer Code

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table, shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 431-2, L. 453-1 and L. 453-9 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016

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Article L462-2 of the French Consumer Code

For the application of article L. 462-1 : 1° In article L. 431-2, references to articles L. 641-7 and L. 642-3 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code are replaced by references to locally applicable provisions having the same effect; 2° In article L. 453-1, the words: “300,000 euros” are replaced by the words: “35,800,000 CFP francs”.

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Article L463-1 of the French Consumer Code

The provisions of the article mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands and the French Southern and Antarctic Territories, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: ARTICLES APPLICABLE IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 425-1 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2022-456 of 30 March 2022 on the creation of a declaration system in…

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