French Consumer Code

Exporting to a country outside the European Union a foodstuff that is injurious to health or an animal feed that is dangerous, in disregard of the provisions of Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of…

Natural persons guilty of the offence punishable under Article L. 452-1 shall also incur as additional penalties the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures set out in the Article 131-27 of the Penal Code, either from holding a public office or from exercising 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 commercial or…

In the event of conviction for the offences punishable under Article L. 452-1, the court may also order: 1° The posting and publication of the decision under the conditions set out in the 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 shall give the convicted person…

Failure to disseminate the messages provided for in article L. 452-3 is punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros.

The failure of an operator to implement the withdrawal or recall procedures provided for in Articles 19 or 20 of Regulation No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety, when he is aware that a product or foodstuff, other…

Natural persons guilty of the offence punishable under Article L. 452-5 also incur as additional penalties the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 131-27 of the Penal Code, to hold a public office or to carry out the professional or social activity in the exercise or on the occasion of the exercise of which the offence was committed, or to carry out a commercial or industrial…

Failure to comply with the obligations set out in the fourth paragraph of article L. 423-3 is punishable by a fine of €5,000.