France

Market Overview

France loses an estimated 6 Billion Euros ($7.8 billion) a year to counterfeiting.

3 counterfeit products listed

France Black Market Country Page

Counterfeit Market Value:
$7.8 Billion

Source:   Reuters, " French firms target eBay in anti-counterfeit drive," Boston Globe, August 18, 2006, and   Union des Fabricants, " Damages and Penalties, http://www.unifab.com/index.php?page=
dommagessanctions& lang=EN (accessed: January 10, 2007).

Products

Market Value

Cosmetics

10 % of French Cosmetics   are  counterfeit. 

Movies

322 Million

Music

16 million songs are downloaded in France each day.