On 26 March 2021, the French Constitutional Council ruled that, insofar as a criminal provision sanctions the same conduct, the provision of the Commercial Code imposing a fine (being up to 1% of the undertaking's annual turnover) for obstructive practices to an investigation is unconstitutional. Key takeaways A provision of the French Commercial Code, which provides an administrative penalty in the case of obstructive practices to an investigation, has been held to be unconstitutional, as an
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The French Constitutional Council declares unconstitutional a provision of the Commercial Code that permits fines in cases for obstructing an investigation because an existing criminal provision sanctions the same conduct (Akka Technologies)
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