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Article R531-1 of the French Consumer Code

The fact that a holder of goods has failed to keep a sample left in his custody pursuant to article R. 512-15 or having altered its condition is punishable by the penalty laid down for 5th class offences. Recidivism is punishable in accordance with articles 132-11 and 132-15 of the Penal Code.

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Article R531-2 of the French Consumer Code

The fact of offering for sale or selling, without waiting for the results of an official inspection in progress, goods recognised as not conforming to the regulations or as falsified following the investigation following this inspection is punishable by the penalty laid down for 5th class contraventions. Recidivism is punishable in accordance with articles 132-11 and 132-15 of the Criminal Code.

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Article R531-3 of the French Consumer Code

The amount of the penalty referred to in Article L. 531-6 is equal, up to a limit of 10,000 euros, to the cumulative amount of: 1° Sampling and transport costs, set at a flat rate of 220 euros (including VAT) per sample; 2° Analysis or testing costs incurred by the state laboratory.

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Article R532-1 of the French Consumer Code

If you disregard the provisions of an order issued pursuant to articles L. 521-17 ou L. 521-25 : 1° Manufacturing, importing, exporting, placing on the market free of charge or against payment, holding with a view to sale or distribution free of charge a product or providing a service that has been the subject of a suspension measure; 2° Failing to disseminate the warnings or precautions for use ordered; or…

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Article R532-2 of the French Consumer Code

Natural persons guilty of the contraventions provided for in article R. 532-1 are also liable to confiscation of the thing that was used or intended to be used to commit the offence or the thing that is the product of the offence.

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