Enacted parts

ARTICLE 442-2
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
(Act no. 2004-204 of 9 March 2004 article 6 XIV Official Journal of 10 March 2004)
Transporting, putting into circulation or holding with a view to putting into circulation any forged or counterfeited
money referred to under article 442-1, or money that has been illegally produced in breach of the second paragraph of
that article, is punished by ten years' imprisonment and a fine of €150,000.
Where committed by an organised gang, the same offences are punished by thirty years' criminal imprisonment and
a fine of €450,000.
The first two paragraphs of article 132-23 governing the safety period are applicable to the offence referred to under
the second paragraph the present article.
ARTICLE 442-3
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
The counterfeiting or forging of French or foreign coins or banknotes which are no longer legal tender or are no
longer authorised is punished by five years' imprisonment and a fine of €75,000.
ARTICLE 442-4
Putting into circulation any unauthorised money designed to replace coins or banknotes that are legal tender in
France is punished by five years' imprisonment and a fine of €75,000.
ARTICLE 442-5
(Act no. 2001-1168 of 11 December 2001 art. 17 Official Journal 12 December 2001)
The unauthorised manufacture, use or possession of raw materials, equipment, computer programs or any other
object specially designed for the manufacture of coins and banknotes, or for the protection of banknotes or coins against
counterfeiting, is punished by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000.
ARTICLE 442-6
A penalty of one year's imprisonment and a fine of €15,000 applies to the manufacture, sale or circulation of any
articles, printed documents or forms which resemble the instruments referred to in article 442-1 so as to facilitate their
acceptance in lieu of the tender they resemble.