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Article L5431-5 of the French Public Health Code

The person responsible, as determined in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products, for placing on the market, free of charge or for consideration, a cosmetic product which does not comply with the rules on the substances it contains, as set out in Article 14 and Article 15(1) and (2) of the same Regulation, shall be liable to two years’ imprisonment and a fine of €30,000.

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Article L5431-5

Est puni de deux ans d’emprisonnement et de 30 000 euros d’amende le fait pour la personne responsable, déterminée à l’article 4 du règlement (CE) n° 1223/2009 du Parlement européen et du Conseil, du 30 novembre 2009, relatif aux produits cosmétiques, de mettre sur le marché à titre gratuit ou onéreux un produit cosmétique qui n’est pas conforme aux règles relatives aux substances entrant dans la composition de ce produit, prévues à l’article 14 et aux paragraphes 1 et 2 de l’article 15 du même règlement.

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