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Article L519-4-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Before entering into a banking transaction or payment service, the intermediary referred to in Article L. 519-1 must provide the customer with information relating in particular to his identity, his registration in the file referred to in Article L. 546-1 and, where applicable, the existence of financial and economic links with one or more credit institutions, finance companies, payment or electronic money institutions that provide payment services, intermediaries in participative financing and providers of participative financing services.

He must also inform the customer whether he is under a contractual obligation to work exclusively with one or more credit institutions, finance companies, payment institutions or electronic money institutions that provide payment services, intermediaries in participative financing, providers of participative financing services and inform him that the names of these institutions or companies may be communicated to him at his request.

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Article L519-4-2

Avant la conclusion d’une opération de banque ou d’un service de paiement, l’intermédiaire mentionné à l’article L. 519-1 doit fournir au client des informations relatives notamment à son identité, à son immatriculation sur le fichier mentionné à l’article L. 546-1 ainsi que, le cas échéant, à l’existence de liens financiers et économiques avec un ou plusieurs établissements de crédit, sociétés de financement, établissements de paiement ou de monnaie électronique qui fournissent des services de paiement intermédiaires en financement participatif, prestataires de services de financement participatif.

Il doit aussi indiquer au client s’il est soumis à une obligation contractuelle de travailler exclusivement avec un ou plusieurs établissements de crédit, sociétés de financement, établissements de paiement ou de monnaie électronique qui fournissent des services de paiement, intermédiaires en financement participatif, prestataires de services de financement participatif et il l’informe que peut lui être communiqué, à sa demande, le nom de ces établissements ou sociétés.

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