With regard to transactions that have been the subject of the report or notification referred to in Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/ EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directives 2003/124/ EC, 2003/125/ EC and 2004/72/ EC, no proceedings based onArticle 226-13 of the Criminal Code may be brought against the directors and officers of the persons mentioned in Article 16 of the same Regulation who, in good faith, have made such a declaration or notification.
No civil liability action may be brought against a person referred to in the same article 16, its directors or employees who have made this declaration or notification in good faith.
Except in the case of fraudulent collusion with the perpetrator of the transaction that was the subject of the report, the reporting party is relieved of all liability: no criminal proceedings may be brought against its directors or employees pursuant to Articles L. 465-1 to L. 465-3-1 of this Code and Articles 321-1 to 321-3 of the Criminal Code, and no administrative sanction proceedings may be brought against them for acts relating to insider dealing or price manipulation.
The provisions of this article shall apply even if there is no evidence that the facts giving rise to the report are wrongful or criminal, or if these facts have been dismissed or acquitted and have not given rise to any sanction by the Autorité des marchés financiers or the competent authority referred to in the third paragraph of Article L. 621-17-6.