The Minister of Finance and the Minister of the Interior may decide to prohibit, for a renewable period of six months, any movement or transfer of funds to or from accounts identified as being held by natural or legal persons who organise gambling prohibited by Article L. 320-1 of the Internal Security Code or betting prohibited by the Act of 2 June 1891 regulating the authorisation and operation of horse races.
The Ministers shall lift the prohibition referred to in the first paragraph at the request of the persons concerned if the movements or transfers of funds are carried out in the context of transactions that are not prohibited on French territory.
Ministerial decisions taken pursuant to this article shall be published in the Journal officiel.
The National Gaming Authority may send to online gambling or betting operators not authorised by virtue of an exclusive right or the authorisation referred to inArticle 21 of Act no. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 relating to the opening up to competition and the regulation of the online gambling and games of chance sector and to any person offering any online gambling and games of chance in contravention of the provisions of Title II of Book III of the Internal Security Code, by any means capable of establishing the date of dispatch, a formal notice recalling the penalties incurred and the provisions of the following paragraph, enjoining these operators to comply with this prohibition and inviting them to submit their observations within a period of eight days.
At the end of this period, if the operator concerned fails to comply with the injunction to cease its unlawful activity of offering bets or games of money and chance, the Minister responsible for the budget may, on a proposal from the National Gaming Authority, decide to prohibit for a renewable period of six months any movement or transfer of funds to or from accounts identified as being held by these operators.
The Minister responsible for the budget shall lift the ban referred to in the previous paragraph at the request of the persons concerned if the movements or transfers of funds are carried out in the context of transactions that are not prohibited on French territory.