I.-In New Caledonia, credit institutions, payment institutions, electronic money institutions and the Office des postes et télécommunications de Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonian Post and Telecommunications Office) shall take part, between 1st June and 31st July, in negotiations convened by the High Commissioner and in the presence of the Institut d’émission d’outre-mer (Overseas Issuing Institute), with the aim of reaching an agreement to moderate the prices of the banking services mentioned in article L. 752-3.
By 1 June at the latest, each credit institution shall submit its proposed rates for the next one to three years. Negotiations will give priority to reducing the charges that differ most from those set out in the annual report of the banking charges observatory published by the Comité Consultatif des Services Financiers.
The agreement is made public by order of the High Commissioner no later than 1st September each year and applies from 1st January of the following year.
II – In the absence of an agreement by 1st September and taking into account the negotiations held, the High Commissioner shall set the maximum overall price of the list of banking services mentioned in Article L. 752-3 for all the establishments mentioned in the first paragraph of I of this Article by decree, after obtaining the opinion of the Institut d’émission d’outre-mer. The High Commissioner’s order is published no later than 1st November and applies from 1st January of the following year.