Credit institutions, La Poste, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and bureaux de change shall not issue to the public, at their counters or through their agents or the persons mentioned in Article L. 525-8, any banknotes whose physical condition makes them unfit for circulation. The Banque de France publishes a document specifying the physical characteristics that render banknotes unfit for circulation. These characteristics shall comply with the common standards adopted by the European Central Bank.