Commercial cooperation - Criminal sanction: The Court of Cassation sanctions invoicing of a fake trade cooperation’s service on the basis of the offense of false of private deed (Cie. générale de conserves)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. – Cass. crim. 25 June 2008, Compagnie générale de conserves (CGC) e.a., No. 07-80261 The Criminal Chamber of the Court of Cassation sanctioned the erroneous invoicing of a commercial cooperation service on the basis of Article 441-1 of the Criminal Code despite the defendants' argument consisting in requesting the application of the civil fine provided for in Article L. 442-6 1 1°a) of the Commercial Code. Compagnie Générale des conserves (CGC), a producer of canned goods and vegetables,