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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Other signs identifying origin and quality

Article L432-3

The provisions applicable to protected designations of origin, protected geographical indications and traditional specialities guaranteed are set out in chapter I of Title IV of Book VI of the French…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Certification of conformity

Article L433-9

It is forbidden: 1° To issue, in breach of the provisions laid down in articles L. 433-3 to L. 433-7, a title, certificate or any other document attesting that a product or service has certain charact…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conformity

Article L451-2

Violation of the prohibitions set out in article L. 413-1 is punishable by seven years' imprisonment and a fine of 750,000 euros: 1° If the falsified or corrupted substance is harmful to human or anim…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: PENALTIES

Article L453-1

Violation of the prohibitions set out in article L. 431-2 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: PENALTIES

Article L453-2

Violation of the prohibitions set out in article L. 431-4 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: PENALTIES

Article L453-6

Violation of the prohibitions set out in article L. 432-6 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-6

…e I of Book VI;6° Section 1 of Chapter I of Title II of this Book.To this end, they have the powers defined in Section 1 and subsections 1 to 5 of Section 2 of Chapter II of this title and may impleme…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Counterfeiting and other product-related offences

Article L413-6

It is forbidden to remove, mask, alter or fraudulently modify in any way whatsoever the names, signatures, monograms, letters, figures, serial numbers, emblems, signs of any kind affixed to or incorpo…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Other signs identifying origin and quality

Article L432-5

…farming" are set out in subsection 5 of section 1 of the chapitre Ier du titre IV du livre VI du code rural et de la pêche maritime.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conformity

Article L451-6

Natural persons guilty of the offences punishable under articles L 451-1 to L. 451-4 also incur as additional penalties the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures laid down by the Article 131-…

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