Natural persons found guilty of offences punishable by the provisions of articles L. 341-29 to L. 341-32 shall also incur as additional penalties the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 131-27 of the Penal Code, either from holding a public office or from exercising the professional or social activity in the exercise or on the occasion of the exercise of which the offence was committed, or from exercising a commercial or industrial profession, or from directing, administering, managing or controlling in any capacity whatsoever, directly or indirectly, for their own account or for the account of others, a commercial or industrial enterprise or a commercial company. These disqualifications may not exceed five years. They may be imposed cumulatively.
Corporate entities declared criminally liable, under the conditions provided for in article 121-2 of the Penal Code, for the offences punishable by the provisions of articles L. 341-29 and L. 341-30 shall also incur, as additional penalties, the penalties provided for in 2° to 9° of article 131-39 of the Penal Code. The ban referred to in 2° of the same article 131-39 applies to the activity in the exercise or on the occasion of the exercise of which the offence was committed. The penalties provided for in 2° to 7° of this article may only be imposed for a maximum of five years.
The court may also order, at the convicted person’s expense, the publication of the judgment in full or in extracts in newspapers that it shall determine, without the cost of such publication exceeding the amount of the fine incurred.