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Article L454-2 of the French Consumer Code

The violation of the prohibition set out in article L. 441-1 is punishable by five years’ imprisonment and a fine of 600,000 euros if the offence or attempted offence is committed :
1° Either using false or inaccurate weights or instruments;
2° Or using manoeuvres or procedures tending to falsify the operations of analysis or dosage, weighing or measuring, or tending to fraudulently alter the composition, weight or volume of the goods, even before these operations;
3° Or using fraudulent indications tending to make people believe in a previous and accurate operation.

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Article L454-2


La violation de l’interdiction prévue à l’article L. 441-1 est punie d’une peine d’emprisonnement de cinq ans et d’une amende de 600 000 euros si le délit ou la tentative de délit est commis :
1° Soit à l’aide de poids ou d’instruments faux ou inexacts ;
2° Soit à l’aide de manœuvres ou procédés tendant à fausser les opérations de l’analyse ou du dosage, du pesage ou du mesurage, ou tendant à modifier frauduleusement la composition, le poids ou le volume des marchandises, même avant ces opérations ;
3° Soit à l’aide d’indications frauduleuses tendant à faire croire à une opération antérieure et exacte.

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