I. – Failure to comply with the conditions set out in article L. 5139-2 relating to the production, manufacture, transport, import and export, possession, supply, transfer, acquisition and use of micro-organisms and toxins included on the list provided for in article L. 5139-1 is punishable by five years’ imprisonment and a fine of €375,000.
II. – The penalties referred to in the previous paragraph are increased to seven years’ imprisonment and a fine of €750,000 when:
1° The offences referred to in the first paragraph have been committed as part of an organised gang;
2° These same offences have been committed on a telecommunications network intended for a non-specified public.