Title V: Criminal provisions

The following offences are punishable by six months’ imprisonment and a fine of €7,500 1° Any person who engages in the activity of canvassing for banking or financial services as defined in article L. 341-1 without having obtained a canvassing licence in the case of activity carried out under the conditions of article L. 341-8 ; 2° Any person who engages in the activity of banking or financial canvassing under…

The penalties set out in Article 313-1 of the Criminal Code shall apply: 1° The act, for any person, of engaging in the activity of banking or financial canvassing defined in article L. 341-1 without fulfilling the conditions set out in articles L. 341-3 and L. 341-4 ; 2° Any person engaging in the activity of direct marketing of banking or financial products as defined in article L. 341-1 who…

Natural persons guilty of one of the offences referred to in articles L. 353-1 and L. 353-2 are also liable to the following additional penalties: 1° Disqualification from civic, civil and family rights, in accordance with the provisions of article 131-26 of the Criminal Code ; 2° Disqualification, in accordance with the provisions of article 131-27 of the Criminal Code, from holding a public office or engaging in a professional…

Legal entities found to be criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Penal Code, for the offences defined in articles L. 353-1 and L. 353-2 shall incur, in addition to the fine set out in article 131-38 of the French Penal Code, the penalties set out in article 131-39 of the same code. The ban referred to in 2° of the same article applies…

The agents referred to in articles L. 511-3 and L. 511-21 of the French Consumer Code are authorised to investigate and record the offences referred to in articles L. 353-1 and L. 353-2 of this Code, under the conditions set out in article L. 511-5 of the French Consumer Code.