{"id":1461,"date":"2025-12-04T11:43:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T10:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lacontrefaconsansfiltre.info\/risks\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T10:24:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T09:24:01","slug":"risks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lacontrefaconsansfiltre.info\/en\/risks\/","title":{"rendered":"Risks"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div id=\"hero-animated-block-block_f2943b0e8850d2ce3f83a252e18a98a6\" class=\"hero-animated-block alignfull hero-animated-block--reduced\"\r\n  data-video-type=\"simple\">\r\n  <div class=\"hero-animated-block--container\">\r\n    <div class=\"hero-animated-block-content\">\r\n      <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p class=\"has-gargantuan-font-size font-bold wp-block-paragraph\">the<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-colossal-font-size font-bold wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"hl-swap\">risks<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    \r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- Video Background -->\r\n  <div id=\"smoke-bg-video-block_f2943b0e8850d2ce3f83a252e18a98a6\" class=\"smoke-bg-video-container\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- Video Source (Hidden) -->\r\n  <video id=\"smoke-video-block_f2943b0e8850d2ce3f83a252e18a98a6\" class=\"smoke-video-source\"\r\n    src=\"https:\/\/www.lacontrefaconsansfiltre.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/unifab-risques-1.mp4\" loop muted playsinline preload=\"auto\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/video>\r\n\r\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"yoast-breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacontrefaconsansfiltre.info\/en\/\">UNIFAB<\/a><\/span> &gt; <span class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\">Risks<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\r\n<div id=\"spacing-block-block_40dc79d5b02efc502a87de4569a0fd73\" class=\"spacing-block\"\r\n    style=\"--spacing-mobile: 50px; --spacing-desktop: 120px;\"><\/div>\n\n\r\n<div id=\"intro-block-block_f6d96ab0ae8afc42dbacabd8718d1323\" class=\"intro-block\"\r\n    data-media-type=\"image\">\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"intro-block__container\">\r\n\r\n        <!-- Media Column -->\r\n                    <div class=\"intro-block__media fade-in-right\"\r\n                style=\"--media-aspect-ratio: 1.4855305466238;\">\r\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lacontrefaconsansfiltre.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/danger.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        \r\n        <!-- Content Column -->\r\n        <div class=\"intro-block__content fade-in-left\">\r\n            <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-gigantic-font-size\"><strong>A DANGER<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-huge-font-size has-big-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"--target:100%\" class=\"hl-swap\"><span class=\"hl-swap__text\"><strong>WITH MULTIPLE CONSEQUENCES<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Behind the apparent triviality of a purchase abroad or online, tobacco trafficking represents a real economic, legal, security, and health scourge. It deprives the State and industry players of essential resources, fuels international criminal networks, and circulates products whose quality is completely uncontrolled. This illegal trade, often perceived as a way to pay less, nevertheless leads to considerable losses, weakens the economic fabric, and poses real dangers to public health.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\r\n<div id=\"spacing-block-block_40dc79d5b02efc502a87de4569a0fd73\" class=\"spacing-block\"\r\n    style=\"--spacing-mobile: 50px; --spacing-desktop: 120px;\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-colossal-font-size\"><strong>THE ECONOMIC<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-huge-font-size\"><strong><span class=\"hl-swap\"><span class=\"hl-swap--yellow-black\">IMPACT<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\r\n<div id=\"spacing-block-block_40dc79d5b02efc502a87de4569a0fd73\" class=\"spacing-block\"\r\n    style=\"--spacing-mobile: 50px; --spacing-desktop: 120px;\"><\/div>\n\n\r\n<div id=\"stats-block-block_dc3d461f7d290a8963a5c1a193532a30\" 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wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center has-mega-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div id=\"key-figures-block-block_a3288c292bac3eaaeca7f86fe4ec7cee\"\r\n    class=\"key-figures-block has-mega-font-size fade-in-up\"\r\n    data-delay=\"0\">\r\n    <div class=\"key-figures-block__container\">\r\n\r\n        <!-- Frame 331: Counter Section -->\r\n        <div class=\"key-figures-block__counter-wrapper\">\r\n            <div class=\"key-figures-block__counter\">\r\n                <span class=\"key-figures-block__number has-mega-font-size\"\r\n                    data-target=\"4.3\">0<\/span>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        <!-- Frame 275: Text Section -->\r\n        <div class=\"key-figures-block__text-content\">\r\n            <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p class=\"has-mega-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Billion \u20ac<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-big-font-size wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>IN STATE TAX LOSSES IN 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Source: Tobacco evading national taxation, Directorate General of Customs and Indirect Taxes (DGDDI) and Interministerial Mission for Combating Drugs and Addictive Behavior (MILDECA), October 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer mobile-hidden\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-mega-font-size has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-203f3c05 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div id=\"key-figures-block-block_a1f6fb7cdf9a1d9809dfc9af172da11c\"\r\n    class=\"key-figures-block fade-in-up\"\r\n    data-delay=\"0\">\r\n    <div class=\"key-figures-block__container\">\r\n\r\n        <!-- Frame 331: Counter Section -->\r\n        <div class=\"key-figures-block__counter-wrapper\">\r\n            <div class=\"key-figures-block__counter\">\r\n                <span class=\"key-figures-block__number has-mega-font-size\"\r\n                    data-target=\"600\">0<\/span>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        <!-- Frame 275: Text Section -->\r\n        <div class=\"key-figures-block__text-content\">\r\n            <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p class=\"has-mega-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>M\u20ac<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-big-font-size wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>IN LOSSES FOR TOBACCO RETAILERS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Source: EY-Parthenon Report, December 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-203f3c05 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-203f3c05 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column no-padding has-mega-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div id=\"key-figures-block-block_8b6a9b74459d653e02c3d31e114c45d8\"\r\n    class=\"key-figures-block fade-in-up\"\r\n    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class=\"has-text-align-left has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-7 wp-block-paragraph\">Source: Impact of Tobacco Taxation in the Territories, EY-Parthenon, November 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-mega-font-size has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-203f3c05 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div id=\"key-figures-block-block_217b76020230696fb28e510533457afb\"\r\n    class=\"key-figures-block fade-in-up\"\r\n    data-delay=\"0\">\r\n    <div class=\"key-figures-block__container\">\r\n\r\n        <!-- Frame 331: Counter Section -->\r\n        <div class=\"key-figures-block__counter-wrapper\">\r\n            <div class=\"key-figures-block__counter\">\r\n                <span class=\"key-figures-block__number has-mega-font-size\"\r\n                    data-target=\"40\">0<\/span>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        <!-- Frame 275: Text Section -->\r\n        <div class=\"key-figures-block__text-content\">\r\n            <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p class=\"has-mega-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>%<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-big-font-size wp-elements-9 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LOCAL SHOPS ILLEGALLY SELL TOBACCO PRODUCTS DESPITE THE LEGAL MONOPOLY OF TOBACCO RETAILERS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Source: Ifop, December 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <!-- Source Text (Bottom Right) -->\r\n    \r\n<\/div>\n\n\r\n<div id=\"spacing-block-block_40dc79d5b02efc502a87de4569a0fd73\" class=\"spacing-block\"\r\n    style=\"--spacing-mobile: 50px; --spacing-desktop: 120px;\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-colossal-font-size\"><strong>LEGAL<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-huge-font-size\"><strong><span class=\"hl-swap\"><span class=\"hl-swap--yellow-black\">RISKS<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\r\n<div id=\"spacing-block-block_40dc79d5b02efc502a87de4569a0fd73\" class=\"spacing-block\"\r\n    style=\"--spacing-mobile: 50px; --spacing-desktop: 120px;\"><\/div>\n\n\r\n<div id=\"title-lcsf-block-block_78e716d376d183f760aaf403f32e5bff\" class=\"title-lcsf-block\">\r\n    <div class=\"title-lcsf-block__container\">\r\n        <!-- Arrow with highlight -->\r\n        <div class=\"title-lcsf-block__arrow\">\r\n            <span class=\"hl-swap\">\r\n                <span class=\"hl-swap__text\">\r\n                    <span class=\"icon-arrowright\"><\/span>\r\n                <\/span>\r\n            <\/span>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        <!-- Content with InnerBlocks -->\r\n        <div class=\"title-lcsf-block__content\">\r\n            <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-big-font-size\">THE RULES<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Source: Reporting tobacco abroad (EU zone) \u2013 Public Service<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular fade-in-down\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Maximum quantity of tobacco that may be brought back from a European country (EU zone)<\/th><th>Quantities<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Cigarettes<\/td><td>800 units, or<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\"> 4 cartridges<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Smoking tobacco (rolling tobacco, shisha tobacco, and other tobaccos)<\/td><td><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\">1 kg<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cigars<\/td><td><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\">200<\/mark> units<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cigarillos (cigars with a maximum weight of 3 grams\/piece)<\/td><td><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\">400<\/mark> units<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\r\n<div id=\"spacing-block-block_40dc79d5b02efc502a87de4569a0fd73\" class=\"spacing-block\"\r\n    style=\"--spacing-mobile: 50px; --spacing-desktop: 120px;\"><\/div>\n\n\r\n<div id=\"title-lcsf-block-block_78e716d376d183f760aaf403f32e5bff\" class=\"title-lcsf-block\">\r\n    <div class=\"title-lcsf-block__container\">\r\n        <!-- Arrow with highlight -->\r\n        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class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>If I possess <\/strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\">counterfeit products<\/mark><br><em>(Article L716-10 of the Intellectual Property Code)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column fade-in-left is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-203f3c05 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column p-20 has-primary-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Depending on the circumstances:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Three years in prison and up to a \u20ac300,000 fine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-203f3c05 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column p-20 has-primary-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During customs inspection: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Confiscation of tobacco products<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-primary-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-primary-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-203f3c05 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column fade-in-up is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>If the buyer is aware that they are purchasing <\/strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\">a counterfeit product, this may be <strong>classified as receiving stolen goods<\/strong><\/mark> <em>(Article 321-1 of the Penal Code).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column fade-in-left is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-203f3c05 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column p-20 has-primary-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Depending on the circumstances: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Five years in prison and a \u20ac375,000 fine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-primary-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-primary-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-203f3c05 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column fade-in-up is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\">If I purchase from a third party products brought in from abroad <strong>qualified as receiving stolen goods<\/strong><\/mark><em> <\/em>in violation of the rules <em>(Article R644-3 of the Penal Code)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column fade-in-left is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-203f3c05 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column p-20 has-primary-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During customs inspection:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Purchasing outside the official network: fine of up to \u20ac750 (4th class offence)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:75px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:75px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-203f3c05 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow 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