• Since June 1, the sale of nitrous oxide has been regulated by law.

  • The fines for the offenders are between 3,750 and 15,000 euros.

  • The Lille municipal police fined the manager of a grocery store this week.

The seller of "proto" fined.

The sale of nitrous oxide has now been regulated by law since the beginning of June.

A text which gives the power to the police to sanction the sale of this gas outside a very strict framework.

In Lille, the municipal police were quick to pin down their first offender.

It took a long time, but today, it is done, traders can no longer sell nitrous oxide anyhow to just anyone.

The law, adopted at the end of May and promulgated on June 1, had all the same been tabled in the National Assembly on April 5, 2019. In the meantime, many municipalities, including Lille, had issued restrictive municipal decrees but the sanctions were no longer valid. were not much of a deterrent.

The amount of the fines was indeed between 38 euros (Nîmes) and 68 euros (Vernon).

It is not the same price now.

Large fine and administrative closure requested

"We are delighted with recent legislative developments which allow us to continue to act effectively," says one in Lille town hall, welcoming that "henceforth, the municipal police are therefore empowered to repress the violation of this law". And this is what she did, on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, by fining the manager of a grocery store on rue Solferino for "non-compliance with the ban on the sale of nitrous oxide". In the process, the trader also took a fine for "lack of a take-out license" and another for "non-compliance with the opening hours of establishments open to the public". The total, which has not been specified, may hurt a lot, the town hall having also requested an administrative closure of the establishment.

Is liable to a fine of 3,750 to 15,000 euros "the sale or offer of nitrous oxide to a minor, the sale or offer of nitrous oxide, including to an adult, in the outlets of drinks and tobacco shops and the sale and distribution of any product intended to facilitate the extraction of nitrous oxide in order to obtain psychoactive effects ”.

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