I.-Insurance or reinsurance intermediaries and insurance intermediaries on an ancillary basis, as defined in article L. 511-1, must be registered in a single register of intermediaries, which is freely accessible to the public.
A Conseil d’Etat decree specifies the conditions for registration in this register and determines the information that must be made public. It also sets out the procedures for the register to be maintained by a body with legal personality and made up of members from the insurance, banking and finance sectors.
A Government Commissioner is appointed to this body. His mission and the terms of his appointment are set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.
Registration, which may be renewed each year, is subject to prior payment, to the body mentioned in the second paragraph, of annual registration fees set by order of the Minister for the Economy, up to a maximum of 250 euros.
These registration fees are collected by the body mentioned in the second paragraph, which is subject to general economic and financial control by the State. They are paid when the application for registration or renewal is submitted.
If the renewal application is submitted without the corresponding payment, the body referred to in the second paragraph will inform the party liable for payment that if payment is not made within thirty days of this information being provided, the renewal application will result in removal from the register.
II – The provisions of this article do not apply to natural persons employed by an insurance or reinsurance intermediary or by an insurance intermediary on an ancillary basis.