It is punishable by one year’s imprisonment and a fine of €3,750 for a foreign national to enter mainland France:
1° Without fulfilling the conditions mentioned in points a, b or c of paragraph 1 of Article 6 of Regulation (EU) No 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) and without having been admitted to the territory pursuant to points a and c of paragraph 5 of Article 6 of the same Regulation;<2° While he was the subject of an alert for the purposes of refusing entry pursuant to an enforceable decision taken by one of the other States party to the Schengen Convention signed on 19 June 1990.
A foreigner convicted under this article is liable to an additional three-year ban from French territory.
For the application of this article, public proceedings may only be instituted when the facts have been established in the circumstances set out in article 53 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.