Without prejudice to any other penalties incurred, where the non-compliance of a product with the regulations has been established by a test or analysis, carried out following the taking of a sample pursuant to this book, the person responsible for placing the product on the market or, where applicable, any other person responsible for the non-compliance shall bear, as a penalty imposed by the administrative authority, the costs of sampling, transport, analysis or testing incurred by that authority.
The procedures for applying this article, in particular the ceiling for this penalty, shall be laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.