I. – A. – The penalties provided for in A of I of Article L. 465-1 shall apply to any person who carries out a transaction, places an order or behaves in such a way as to give, or be likely to give, misleading indications as to the supply, demand or price of a financial instrument or who fixes, or is likely to fix, the price of a financial instrument at an abnormal or artificial level.
B. – A of this I shall not apply in cases where the transaction or conduct referred to in this I is based on a legitimate reason and complies with an accepted market practice, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(9) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directives 2003/124/EC, 2003/125/EC and 2004/72/EC.
II. – The penalties provided for in A of I of Article L. 465-1 shall also apply to any person who carries out a transaction, places an order or behaves in a way that affects the price of a financial instrument, using fictitious procedures or any other form of deception or trickery.
III. – Attempts to commit the offences referred to in I and II of this article shall be subject to the same penalties.