I.- Investment service providers other than portfolio management companies shall report to their clients, in a durable medium, on the services provided to them. The report shall include periodic communications to clients depending on the type and complexity of the financial instruments concerned and the nature of the service provided to clients and, where applicable, the costs associated with the transactions carried out and the services provided on behalf of clients.
II – Investment service providers other than portfolio management companies that provide the investment service referred to in Article L. 321-1.5 shall provide clients with a declaration of suitability on a durable medium prior to the transaction, specifying the advice provided and the extent to which it meets the preferences, objectives and other characteristics of non-professional clients.
Investment services providers other than portfolio management companies that enter into an agreement to buy or sell a financial instrument by a means of distance communication that does not allow the prior transmission of the suitability statement may transmit the written suitability statement on a durable medium to the clients immediately after the clients are bound by the agreement, under conditions laid down by decree.
Where investment services providers other than portfolio management companies provide the investment service referred to in Article L. 321-1.4 or have informed clients that they will carry out a periodic assessment of suitability, the periodic report shall include an updated statement on how the investment meets the preferences, objectives and other characteristics of non-professional clients.
The obligations set out in this article do not apply to the provision of services to professional clients, unless they request otherwise under conditions laid down by decree.