The Banque de France shall inform the institutions and persons on which cheques may be drawn, finance companies, the organisations mentioned in Article L. 511-6, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and, at its request, the public prosecutor, of cheque payment incidents, bans imposed pursuant to Article L. 163-6 and the lifting of bans on cheque issuance.
The Banque de France alone is responsible for centralising the information provided for in the previous paragraph.
For the application of the first paragraph, the Banque de France shall receive from the tax authorities the information held by the latter pursuant to Article 1649 A of the General Tax Code, which makes it possible to identify all accounts opened by the natural or legal persons mentioned in Article L. 131-72 and the second paragraph of Article L. 163-6 and from which cheques may be drawn. It shall provide the Public Prosecutor, solely for the purposes of this chapter, with information enabling the holders of these accounts to be identified.
It shall also provide the Public Prosecutor with information concerning offences punishable under the third and fourth paragraphs of article L. 163-2 and the first and second paragraphs of article L. 163-7.
The provisions of article L. 163-11 do not prevent credit institutions, finance companies, the bodies mentioned in article L. 511-6, electronic money institutions and payment institutions from using this information as part of their assessment before granting a loan or credit facility or issuing a means of payment.