Article L. 465-2 of the CMF makes it an offense to:

• recommend the carrying out of one or more transactions in financial instruments to which the inside information relates; or
• encourage the carrying out of such transactions on the basis of such inside information.

In addition, the law applies to those who make use of the recommendation or inducement in the knowledge that it is based on inside information, or communicate the recommendation or inducement to others in the knowledge that it is based on inside information.