Chapter IV: Criminal provisions.

Failure to comply with the prohibitions defined in article L. 8221-1 is punishable by three years’ imprisonment and a fine of 45,000 euros.

Disregarding the prohibitions defined in article L. 8221-1 by the concealed employment of a minor subject to compulsory schooling is punishable by five years’ imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros. Disregarding the prohibitions defined in the same article L. 8221-1 by committing the acts with regard to several persons or a person whose vulnerability or state of dependence is apparent or known to the perpetrator is punishable by five…

Natural persons guilty of the offences provided for in articles L. 8224-1 and L. 8224-2 are liable to the following additional penalties: 1° Prohibition, in accordance with the provisions of article 131-27 of the French Penal Code, either from holding a public office or from engaging in the professional or social activity in the exercise or on the occasion of the exercise of which the offence was committed, or from…

Any foreigner guilty of the offences provided for in articles L. 8224-1 and L. 8224-2 is liable to a ban on entering French territory, which may be imposed under the conditions provided for inarticle 131-30 of the French Penal Code for a maximum period of five years.

Legal entities found to be criminally liable, under the conditions set out inArticle 121-2 of the French Penal Code, for the offences set out in Articles L. 8224-1 and L. 8224-2 are liable to : 1° A fine, under the conditions set out inarticle 131-38 of the French Penal Code ; 2° The penalties mentioned in 1° to 5°, 8° and 12° of article 131-39 of the same code. The…

The imposition of the additional penalty of temporary closure of the establishment referred to in 4° of article 131-39 of the French Criminal Code does not result in the termination or suspension of the employment contract or in any financial prejudice to the employees of the establishment concerned.

Any person subject to the obligations set out in article L. 8221-7 who disseminates or causes to be disseminated, or communicates to the person responsible for publication or dissemination, false information relating to his or her identification shall be liable to a fine of 7,500 euros.