(1) Any person shall be deemed to have committed a regulatory offence who, in trade, unlawfully uses in an identical or imitated form
1. a coat of arms, a flag or other state symbol or a coat of arms of a domestic locality or of a domestic municipal or local authority association within the meaning of section 8 (2) no. 6;
2. an official sign or hallmark indicating control or warranty within the meaning of section 8 (2) no. 7; or
3. a sign, a seal or a designation within the meaning of section 8 (2) no. 8
to mark goods or services.
(2) Any person shall be deemed to have committed a regulatory offence who intentionally or negligently
1. contrary to section 134 (3), also in conjunction with subsection (4);
a) refuses to permit entry to business premises, land, sales facilities or means of transport or their inspection;
b) does not present the agricultural products or foodstuffs to be inspected in such a way that the inspection can be carried out properly;
c) does not provide the necessary assistance in the inspection;
d) does not permit samples to be taken;
e) does not submit corporate documents, or not in their entirety, or does not permit them to be examined; or
f) does not provide information, or does not do so correctly, or not completely; or
2. acts contrary to a statutory instrument in accordance with section 139 (1) in so far as it refers to this provision on regulatory fines for a specific circumstance.
(3) The regulatory offence may be sanctioned in cases falling under subsection (1) with a regulatory fine of up to two thousand and five hundred Euros, and in cases falling under subsection (2) with a regulatory fine of up to ten thousand Euros.
(4) Section 144 (4) shall apply accordingly in cases falling under subsection (1).
(5) The administrative authority within the meaning of section 36 (1) no. 1 of the Act on Regulatory Offences shall be the Federal Office of Justice in cases falling under subsection (1).