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Article R525-2 of the French Consumer Code

November 7, 2023

The administrative authority mentioned in articles L. 525-1 and R. 525-1 is the Director General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control, the Head of the National Investigation Department of the Directorate General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control, the Regional Director for the Economy, Employment, Labour and Solidarity or the Director of the Departmental Directorate for the Protection of Populations. The Director General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and…

Article R525-3 of the French Consumer Code

November 7, 2023

When it acts pursuant to articles L. 524-1 to L. 524-4 and R. 525-1 the administrative authority is exempted from the ministry of a lawyer.

Article R531-1 of the French Consumer Code

November 7, 2023

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.

Article R531-2 of the French Consumer Code

November 7, 2023

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.

Article R531-3 of the French Consumer Code

November 7, 2023

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.

Article R532-1 of the French Consumer Code

November 7, 2023

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…

Article R532-2 of the French Consumer Code

November 7, 2023

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.

Article R541-1 of the French Consumer Code

November 7, 2023

Sont applicables en Nouvelle-Calédonie, sous réserve des adaptations prévues à l’article R. 541-2, 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: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR REACTION R. 512-1 to R. 512-5, R. 512-7 to R. 512-21, R. 512-23, R. 512-30, R. 512-31, R. 512-35, R. 512-37 and R. 512-38 Resulting from décret…

Article R541-2 of the French Consumer Code

November 7, 2023

For the application of article R. 541-1 in New Caledonia: 1° A l’article R. 512-16-7, the words: “, without prejudice to the penalty provided for in Article L. 531-6” are deleted; 2° In Article R. 512-17, the references: “R. 512-18 to R. 512-24” are replaced by the references: “R. 512-18 to R. 512-21 and R. 512-23”; 3° In Article R. 512-30, the words: “to the provisions set out in Articles…

Article R542-1 of the French Consumer Code

November 7, 2023

For the application of articles R. 521-1, R. 522-1, R. 523-1, R. 524-1 and R. 525-2 in local authorities covered by article 73 of the Constitution, the references to the regional director of the economy, employment, labour and solidarity and to the director of the departmental directorate responsible for population protection are replaced by the reference to the director of the economy, employment, labour and solidarity.

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Article R525-2 of the French Consumer Code

Article R525-3 of the French Consumer Code

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Article R531-3 of the French Consumer Code

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Article R541-1 of the French Consumer Code

Article R541-2 of the French Consumer Code

Article R542-1 of the French Consumer Code

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