I. – The prohibitions defined in article L. 511-5 do not prevent a company, whatever its nature, from :
1. In the course of its business, grant its contractors payment deadlines or advances;
2. Enter into contracts for the lease of residential property with an option to purchase;
3. Carry out treasury transactions with companies that have direct or indirect capital links with it, giving one of the affiliated companies effective control over the others;
4. Issue the financial securities and savings bonds referred to in Chapter III of Title II of Book II if it does not carry out the credit transactions referred to in Article L. 313-1 on a regular professional basis ;
5. Issue payment instruments issued for the purchase of a specific good or service from it or from companies linked to it by a commercial franchise agreement;
6. Provide cash as collateral for a transaction in financial instruments or a securities lending transaction governed by the provisions of articles L. 211-36 and L. 211-36-1 ;
7. Take or repurchase financial instruments and public bills mentioned in articles L. 211-27 and L. 211-34.
Ia.-The prohibitions defined in article L. 511-5 do not prevent the bodies and companies that make up a group of social housing bodies mentioned in article L. 423-1-1 du code de la construction et de l’habitation carry out cash transactions between themselves under the conditions set out in article L. 423-15 of the same code.
II. – The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may exempt from authorisation an undertaking providing payment banking services, for the acquisition of goods or services on the premises of that undertaking or under a commercial agreement with it, applying to a limited network of persons accepting those payment banking services or for a limited range of goods or services.
In granting the exemption, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution must take into account the security of the means of payment, the methods used to protect users, the unit amount and the terms and conditions of each transaction.