Section 2: Other administrative police measures

I.-Where a breach of the provisions of Article 104 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 or of the provisions adopted for the application of III of Article L. 5143-2 is established, the administrative authority shall give formal notice to the interested party to comply with these obligations within a period that it shall determine. It shall invite the interested party to present its written or oral observations within the same time limit, assisted, if necessary, by a counsel of its choice or by being represented. If, on expiry of this period, which may not be less than eight days, the person concerned has not complied with this injunction, or without delay in an emergency, the administrative authority may :

1° Order the temporary closure of the distance selling site for veterinary medicinal products for a maximum period of five months, renewable;

2° Order a financial penalty against the person responsible for the breach and, where applicable, attach to this fine a daily penalty which may not exceed €1,000 per day.

II.The amount of the financial penalty may not exceed 30% of the turnover generated by the establishment or the natural or legal person in connection with the distance selling of veterinary medicinal products during the last financial year for which the accounts have been closed, up to a maximum of one million euros.

III. -If at the end of the period of closure of the distance selling site for veterinary medicinal products, the author has not complied with the applicable rules, the administrative authority may order a new closure, under the same conditions.

IV. -Where appropriate, the administrative authority will inform the relevant professional association of the implementation of the procedure provided for in this article.

The administrative authority may decide to publish the decisions to impose financial penalties and temporary suspensions on websites selling veterinary medicinal products online issued under I of this article on its website.

The procedures for applying this article are set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.