CHAPTER 9: OFFENSES AGAINST THE PUBLIC ECONOMY Section 1: Protection of the national economy Article 336: Any person who, by any means, knowingly spreads false facts and allegations likely to undermine, directly or indirectly, public confidence in the soundness of the currency, the value of State funds of any kind, the funds of decentralized entities and public establishments and, in general, all bodies in which these legal persons have a direct or indirect holding, shall be punished by a term of imprisonment of between three months and two years and a fine of between 300,000 and 3000,000 francs. Any person who, by any means, incites the public: 1° to withdraw funds from public funds or from institutions mandated by law to make their payments into public funds; 2°to the sale of securities or other public bonds or to divert the public from purchasing or subscribing to them, whether or not such incitement has been followed by action. In all cases, the publication of the sentence shall be ordered. Article 337: Shall be punished by imprisonment of two months to two years and a fine of 2,500,000 to 25,000,000 francs, any persons who have caused or attempted to cause the artificial increase or decrease the price of commodities or goods or of public or private commodities: 1° by false or slanderous facts knowingly spread among the public, by offers made on the market with the intention of disturbing the prices, by overbids made at the prices that the sellers themselves asked, by any fraudulent means or ways ; 2° by exercising or attempting to carry out, either individually or in group, an action on the market with the aim of obtaining a gain which would not be the result of the natural play of supply and demand. A ban on appearing in certain places may also be pronounced. Article 338: Any person, who, with the aim of harming the national economy, organizes the transfer to a foreign country of the directors or staff of an establishment, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of six months to two years and a fine of 500,000 to 5,000,000 francs. Attempt shall punishable. Article 339: Shall be punishable by an imprisonment of two to five years and a fine of 150.000 to 1.500.000 francs: 1° any member of the personnel of an industrial, commercial or agricultural enterprise who communicates to third parties production or manufacturing secrets of that enterprise;