title: France — Enforcement: How hard does the regulator enforce? | advennt.io canonical: https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/france/enforcement/ [Jurisdictions](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/) [France](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/france/) Enforcement France · Question 10 of 11 # Enforcement: How hard does the regulator enforce? Mixed · Confirmed · AI-generated · [Back to full France report →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/france/) Key section parameters | Jurisdiction | France (FR) | |---|---| | Regulator | Recorded in register | | Favourability | Mixed | | Confidence | Confirmed | | Review status | AI-generated | | Last collected | 20 Oct 2026 | Summary answer The Autorite nationale des jeux referred a licensed gambling operator to the commission nationale des sanctions, the Monetary and Financial Code's dedicated AML/CFT sanctions body, in July 2025 — the first such referral in the ANJ's history. The referral followed an ANJ inspection that found the ope… ## Full section analysis The Autorite nationale des jeux referred a licensed gambling operator to the commission nationale des sanctions, the Monetary and Financial Code's dedicated AML/CFT sanctions body, in July 2025 — the first such referral in the ANJ's history. The referral followed an ANJ inspection that found the operator had apparently failed to meet its anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist-financing obligations. At a hearing held on 8 July 2026, the commission nationale des sanctions confirmed the failings the ANJ had identified and imposed financial penalties together with a two-month suspended prohibition on carrying on online-gaming activity. The prohibition was applied not only to the operator but individually to one of its directors and to its compliance officer. The ANJ's public release does not name the sanctioned operator. The case establishes that the commission nationale des sanctions route is now an active enforcement channel against licensed operators for AML/CFT failings, with personal liability extending to individual directors and compliance officers rather than resting on the corporate licence-holder alone.