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Article L533-17 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

An investment service provider other than an asset management company who receives an instruction to perform investment or related services on behalf of a client from another investment service provider other than an asset management company may rely on the due diligence performed by the latter investment service provider. The investment service provider who has issued the instruction remains responsible for the completeness and accuracy of the information transmitted.

An investment service provider other than an asset management company who receives an instruction in this way to provide services on behalf of a client may also rely on any recommendation relating to the service or transaction in question given to the client by that other provider. The investment service provider who issued the instruction remains responsible for the adequacy of the recommendations or advice provided to the client concerned.

An investment service provider other than an asset management company which receives a client’s instruction or order through the intermediary of another investment service provider other than an asset management company shall remain responsible for the provision of the service or the execution of the transaction in question, on the basis of the aforementioned information or recommendations, in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Title.

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Article L533-17

Un prestataire de services d’investissement autre qu’une société de gestion de portefeuille qui reçoit, par l’intermédiaire d’un autre prestataire de services d’investissement autre qu’une société de gestion de portefeuille, l’instruction de fournir des services d’investissement ou des services connexes pour le compte d’un client, peut se fonder sur les diligences effectuées par ce dernier prestataire. Le prestataire de services d’investissement qui a transmis l’instruction demeure responsable de l’exhaustivité et de l’exactitude des informations transmises.

Le prestataire de services d’investissement autre qu’une société de gestion de portefeuille qui reçoit de cette manière l’instruction de fournir des services au nom du client peut également se fonder sur toute recommandation afférente au service ou à la transaction en question donnée au client par cet autre prestataire. Le prestataire de services d’investissement qui a transmis l’instruction demeure responsable du caractère adéquat des recommandations ou conseils fournis au client concerné.

Le prestataire de services d’investissement autre qu’une société de gestion de portefeuille qui reçoit l’instruction ou l’ordre d’un client par l’intermédiaire d’un autre prestataire de services d’investissement autre qu’une société de gestion de portefeuille demeure responsable de la prestation du service ou de l’exécution de la transaction en question, sur la base des informations ou des recommandations susmentionnées, conformément aux dispositions pertinentes du présent titre.

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