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Article R221-122 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I. – The verification provided for in article L. 221-38 is carried out only after the customer has signed a contract to open a Livret A passbook account with a credit institution.

II. – Customers must specify whether they agree or refuse to allow the tax authorities to pass on information relating to any other Livret A savings accounts they may hold to the credit institution referred to in article R. 221-121. This agreement or refusal is stated in the contract. The customer may not object to the tax authorities informing the credit institution solely of the existence of other Livret A passbook accounts held by the customer.

III. – The institution to which the application to open a Livret A savings account is made will ask the tax authorities to check whether the person already holds a Livret A savings account. This request includes a series of data, the list of which is set by order of the ministers responsible for the economy and the budget. It shall specify whether the customer has agreed or refused, in the contract provided for in article R. 221-1, that the information relating to any Livret A passbooks that he or she may already hold be communicated to the credit institution. At the request of the authorities, the institution shall produce the contract entered into.

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Article R221-122

I. – La vérification prévue à l’article L. 221-38 n’est faite qu’après que le client a conclu un contrat d’ouverture d’un livret A avec un établissement de crédit.

II. – Le client précise s’il accepte ou refuse que les informations relatives à d’autres livrets A qu’il détiendrait éventuellement soient communiquées par l’administration fiscale à l’établissement de crédit mentionné à l’article R. 221-121. Cet accord ou ce refus figure dans le contrat. Le client ne peut s’opposer à ce que l’administration fiscale informe l’établissement de crédit de la seule existence d’autres livrets A par lui détenus.

III. – L’établissement saisi de la demande d’ouverture d’un livret A interroge l’administration fiscale aux fins de vérifier si la personne détient déjà un livret A. Cette saisine comporte une série de données dont la liste est fixée par arrêté des ministres chargés de l’économie et du budget. Il y est précisé si le client a accepté ou refusé, dans le contrat prévu à l’article R. 221-1, que les informations relatives aux livrets A qu’il détiendrait déjà soient communiquées à l’établissement de crédit. Sur demande de l’administration, l’établissement produit le contrat conclu.

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