I. – The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall withdraw the registration at the request of the account information service provider or ex officio if it :
a) Does not make use of the registration within a period of twelve months or has ceased to carry on business for a period of more than six months ;
b) has obtained registration by means of false declarations or by any other irregular means; or
c) No longer fulfils the conditions to which registration was subject or fails to inform the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution of major changes in this regard.
II. – Withdrawal of registration takes effect on expiry of a period determined by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. During this period :
1° The account information service provider remains subject to supervision by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may impose the disciplinary sanctions provided for in Article L. 612-39, including removal from the list provided for in Article L. 612-21;
2° The account information service provider may no longer provide the payment service referred to in 8° of II of Article L. 314-1 ;
3° It may only refer to its status as an account information service provider by stating that its registration is being withdrawn.
III. – At the end of the period provided for in II, the person loses the status of account information service provider and must have changed its corporate name.
IV. – The removal of an account information service provider from the list provided for in Article L. 612-21 may be ordered as a disciplinary sanction by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. The deregistration of an account information service provider that does not engage in activities other than the provision of the account information service referred to in 8° of II of Article L. 314-1 shall result in the compulsory liquidation of the natural person or legal entity.
Any person who has been subject to such a disciplinary sanction shall remain under the supervision of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution until the liquidation is completed.
They must immediately cease to provide the service referred to in 8° of II of Article L. 314-1. It may only refer to its status as a provider of account information services by specifying that it has been deregistered.
V. – The Minister for the Economy shall issue an Order specifying the conditions for application of Article L. 522-11-3. In particular, it shall set the terms and conditions under which decisions to withdraw registration and to deregister are made public.