Refusal to provide the documents and information requested by the administration in the exercise of its right of disclosure or any behaviour that impedes disclosure will result in the application of a €10,000 fine. This fine applies to each request if all or some of the documents or information requested are not provided. A fine of the same amount is applicable in the event that these documents are not held or are destroyed before the prescribed deadlines.
A fine equal to €1,500 is applicable, for each document, but the total fines may not exceed €50,000 [Provisions declared unconstitutional by Constitutional Council decision no. 2013-679 DC of 4 December 2013], in the event of opposition to the taking of the copy referred to in Article L. 13 F du livre des procédures fiscales.
Failures to comply with the obligations set out in articles L. 96 J and L. 102 D of the Book of Tax Procedures entail the application of a fine equal to €10,000 per cash register software, application or system sold or per customer for whom a service was provided during the year.