It is forbidden to affix or cause to appear by addition, deletion or by any alteration whatsoever on products, false indications concerning the name of the manufacturer, the company name or the place of manufacture.
It is forbidden for any professional to display or offer for sale products marked with false or altered names.
It is forbidden to remove, mask, alter or fraudulently modify in any way whatsoever the names, signatures, monograms, letters, figures, serial numbers, emblems, signs of any kind affixed to or incorporated in the goods and serving to identify them physically or electronically.
It is forbidden to display, offer for sale, sell or hold in premises used for professional purposes, goods whose identification signs have been altered.
It is prohibited, on natural or manufactured products, held or transported with a view to sale, offered for sale or sold, to affix or use a trademark or service mark, a name, a sign or any indication of such a nature as to lead to the belief, if they are foreign, that they were manufactured in France or that they are of French origin and, in all cases, that they…
It is forbidden to make people believe in the French origin of foreign products or, for all products, in an origin different from their true origin, by adding to, subtracting from or in any way altering the information originally shown on the product, by advertisements, brochures, circulars, prospectuses or posters, by producing false invoices or certificates of origin, by verbal affirmation or by any other means.
Establishments treating foodstuffs intended for human or animal consumption by ionising radiation are subject to approval by the administrative authority under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.However, approval is not required when these establishments treat foodstuffs by ionising radiation, the list of which is defined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. .
For the purposes of this Title, the following definitions shall apply:1° Producer:a) The manufacturer of the product, where he is established in the European Union and any other person who presents himself as the manufacturer by affixing his name, trade mark or other distinctive sign to the product, or the person who carries out the reconditioning of the product ;b) The manufacturer’s representative, when the manufacturer is not established in…
The provisions of this Title shall not apply to antiques and second-hand products requiring repair or refurbishment prior to use where the supplier informs the person to whom he supplies the product of the need for such repair or refurbishment.
Products and services must, under normal conditions of use or under other conditions reasonably foreseeable by the professional, present the safety that can legitimately be expected and not be harmful to people’s health.
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