Maisons du Monde France challenged a fine of almost a million euros, this Thursday, March 27. The company is accused of having exceeded the payment deadlines provided with its suppliers and carriers to keep cash. © Aufort Jérome – Maisons du Monde France faces a fine of 900,000 euros. Save save receive alerts alerts an exorbitant fine. Maisons du Monde France challenged this Thursday, March 27, a sanction from the Regional Directorate of the Economy, Employment, Labor and Solidarity of the Pays de la Loire which claims from the company an envelope of 900,000 euros since March 30, 2021. The case was examined by the Nantes administrative court, reports Ouest-France. In 2018, the trade gendarme had noticed that the furniture merchant had exceeded the payment deadlines set with his suppliers and his carriers. This maneuver allowed Maisons du Monde France to maintain cash of more than 800,000 euros in his funds. The public rapporteur at the hearing indicated that “the extent of the overruns” and “the business volume” justify this fine “which remains far below the ceiling” in the event of a recurrence. He is also accused of the brand for having benefited from a “position of force” and a “reiteration of the facts”, after having already been sentenced to a fine of 35,500 euros for the same operation. Read also: IPTV illegal: up to 300,000 euros fine and 3 years in prison? Maisons from the world’s pressure pirates in financial difficulty representing Dreets recalled that “any exceeding of delay constitutes a faulty behavior which must be punished”. “The first sanction had no effect,” he also regretted. It is also planned that a company received a fine of up to 4 million euros in the event of recurrence, specify our colleagues. The request for houses of the France world was rejected and the decision was deliberated on April 17. This case weakens the decoration and furniture brand, already abused by economic turbulence since 2021. In the fourth quarter of 2024, its sales tasted 9.5%, to 286 million euros, compared to the same period in 2023. Business to finish at 969.1 million euros, sinking under the symbolic bar of the billion. Receive our latest news every day, selecting the main news of the day. (tagstotranslate) fine
