法国的法律未规定“滥用职权”罪，因为若干刑事罪（挪用公款、非法获取利益和徇私）已在其定义中包含这一概念。此外，法国没有规定额外的非法敛财罪，因为《刑法》中有关窝藏和无法证明资产的第321-1 条和第321-6 条以及《一般税法》第168 条具有同样的目的。
French law does not provide for an “abuse of functions” offence, since several criminal offences (misappropriation of public funds, illegal conflicts of interest and favouritism) encompass this concept in their definition. Moreover, France has not created an additional offence for illicit enrichment, since articles 321-1 and 321-6 of the Penal Code relating to the receipt and failure to justify resources, and article 168 of the General Tax Code (CGI) have the same objective.