Chapter I: Liability

The person mentioned in article L. 481-1 that has benefited from a total exemption from a financial penalty under a leniency procedure is only jointly and severally liable to compensate the damage suffered by victims other than its direct or indirect contractors if these victims have not been able to obtain full compensation for their damage from the other joint and several debtors after having first unsuccessfully sued them.

Where the compensated victims are the direct or indirect contractors of the joint and several debtors, the amount of the contribution of the natural or legal person mentioned in article L. 481-1 which has benefited from a total exemption from a financial penalty pursuant to a leniency procedure shall be determined in accordance with the rule set out in the second sentence of Article L. 481-9 without being able to…