1. It is prohibited to import, export, produce, manufacture, offer, sell, store, transport, market, circulate, promote or dispose of fraudulent, spoiled or counterfeit goods, or to possess them for sale. Attempting any such act is also prohibited. 2. A person violates this Decree-Law if that person commits, participates in or attempts any of the following: a. Importing fraudulent, spoiled or counterfeit goods, or materials intended for such purposes, for the purpose of commercial fraud; or knowingly exporting, re-exporting, manufacturing, producing, selling, storing or transporting them. b. Deceiving, defrauding or counterfeiting in relation to the kind, number, quantity, dimensions, measure, weight, capacity, standard, identity, reality, nature, qualities, components, origin, provenance, composition or expiry date of goods. c. Possessing, directly or through another, for the purpose of marketing, circulating, promoting or offering for sale fraudulent, spoiled or counterfeit goods, or materials used to adulterate or counterfeit goods. d. Using utensils, containers, wrappers, packaging, labels or printed matter to equip or prepare fraudulent, spoiled or counterfeit goods intended for sale. e. Filling, packaging, bundling, tying, distributing, storing or transporting fraudulent, spoiled or counterfeit goods. f. Possessing fraudulent, spoiled or counterfeit goods with the intention of altering, changing or substituting them. g. Describing, advertising or presenting goods in a manner containing false, deceptive or misleading information.
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