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France hardens nitrogen oxide laws with three new offenses targeting misuse and transport.
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The French government has created a specific administrative procedure alongside two additional criminal charges to combat the diversion of nitrous acid, bringing its total count from four existing penalties (including inhalation) up to six for this substance's illicit use or transportation by March 25th as announced on Mar 3rd.
Key Points
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1The French government is creating three new offenses to penalize the consumption and transport of nitrogen oxides.
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2New administrative procedures are being established specifically designed to combat illegal diversion activities involving these chemicals.
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3Laurent Nunnez announced that legislation will be hardened, targeting specific scenarios such as inhalation use or operation under duress (conduite sous emprise).
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4The legislative hardening aims strictly at preventing and punishing the misuse of nitrogen oxides.
Developments
[Mar 25, 00:03]
Government creates three new offenses penalizing consumption and transport; source is lemonde.fr
[Mar 24, 21:32]
Creation of three crimes plus an administrative procedure to fight diversion activities;