Failure to declare advertising media within the time limits set out in articles L. 2333-13 et L. 2333-14 or when these declarations have the effect of reducing the amount of tax actually due, the taxpayer is liable to a fine, the rate of which is set by decree by the Conseil d’Etat. This procedure and the rate of the fine are set by decree in the Council of State.
The police court may also order the offender to pay five times the fees of which the municipality or inter-municipal cooperation establishment with its own tax system has been deprived.
The amount of fines and sentences handed down pursuant to the second paragraph of this article is allocated to the commune, the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation with its own tax status or the metropolis of Lyon cited in article L. 2333-6.
The communes, public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax system and the Lyon metropolitan area are authorised to use law enforcement officers to monitor the tax and to record any contraventions.