These practices constitute an offense to the so -called “anticadeaux” law adopted in 1993.
mo12345lemonde with AFP
Justice condemned the French laboratories URGO to a fine of 1,125,000 euros, including 625,000 suspended. They are accused of having offered gifts to pharmacists, in return for the abandonment of commercial discounts, we learned on Friday January 27 from a judicial source.
Justice also ordered the confiscation of more than 5 million euros, which had already been seized during the investigation, said the public prosecutor in Dijon, Olivier Caracotch.
The recognized offense
The preliminary survey, started in June 2021, uncovered “an irregular commercial practice employed between 2015 and 2021”, observed within the “Healthcare” activity of URGO laboratories, located in Dijon. The investigations have established “the existence of a system consisting in fine in the delivery of valuables or leisure objects to certain pharmacists, in return for the abandonment of commercial discounts that can be granted to their pharmacies”, specifies the prosecution In a press release.
This system has “allowed laboratories to retain customers with more substantial trade and health professionals to obtain personal advantages”. He contravenes the so -called “anticadeaux” law adopted in 1993.
Companies recognized the offense and appeared on Friday to an audience on prior recognition of guilt, at the end of which they accepted the sentences proposed by the Dijon prosecution.