I.-Credit institutions are the undertakings defined in point 1 of paragraph 1 of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013.
II. – Finance companies are legal entities, other than credit institutions, which carry out credit transactions on their own behalf and in the course of their regular business under the conditions and within the limits defined by their authorisation. They are financial institutions within the meaning of 4 of Article L. 511-21.