Title IV: Criminal provisions

The penalties provided for in Article 226-13 of the Criminal Code shall apply to any member, member of staff or agent of the Autorité des marchés financiers, as well as to any expert appointed to an Advisory Board referred to in III of Article L. 621-2, for violating the professional secrecy instituted by Article L. 621-4, subject to the provisions of Article 226-14 of the Criminal Code.

It is punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros for any person to obstruct an inspection or investigation by the Autorité des marchés financiers carried out under the conditions laid down in Articles L. 621-9 to L. 621-9-2 or to provide it with inaccurate information.

Any person who obstructs the sequestration measures or fails to comply with the temporary ban on professional activity ordered pursuant to article L. 621-13 shall be liable to two years’ imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros. Any person who fails to deposit the sum set by the judge, in application of article L. 621-13, within forty-eight hours of the date on which the decision becomes enforceable, is liable to…