Within a legal entity, the condition of professional competence laid down in articles R. 512-9, R. 512-10 and R. 512-12 applies to the natural persons who are members or third parties who direct or manage this legal entity, or, where applicable, where the distribution activity is carried on as an ancillary activity to the principal activity, to the natural person or persons, within the management, to whom responsibility for the distribution activity is delegated.