Section 2: Criminal penalties

The fact that an advertiser disseminates or causes to be disseminated advertising that does not comply with the obligations set out in article L. 322-2 is punishable by a fine of 150,000 euros.

Failure to comply with the provisions of article L. 322-3 is punishable by a fine of 150,000 euros.

A credit intermediary’s failure to comply with the obligations set out in article L. 322-4 is punishable by a fine of 150,000 euros.

A credit intermediary who collects a sum of money in connection with one of the transactions mentioned in article L. 322-1 is punishable by one year’s imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros. The court may also order, at the expense of the convicted person, the publication of all or part of the judgment in the newspapers it determines, without the cost of this publication exceeding the amount of the…

Natural persons guilty of the offences punishable under articles L. 342-2 to L. 342-5 shall also incur as additional penalties the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 131-27 of the Criminal Code, to hold a public office or to engage in the professional or social activity in the exercise or on the occasion of the exercise of which the offence was committed, or to engage in…