Title IV: Other service providers

I. – Banking and payment services intermediaries as defined in article L. 519-1, financial investment advisors as defined in article L. 541-1, tied agents as defined in article L. 545-1 and equity financing intermediaries as defined in article L. 548-1 are registered in the single register provided for in article L. 512-1 of the Insurance Code. A Conseil d’Etat decree shall specify the conditions for registration in this register and…

I. – When registering or renewing their registration, the persons referred to in I of article L. 546-1 are required to provide the body that keeps the register with all the information needed to verify the conditions governing access to and practice of their activity. They are also required to inform this body as soon as possible if they no longer comply with these conditions. II. – Failure to comply…

It is forbidden for any person other than one of the persons mentioned in the first paragraph of I of Article L. 546-1 to use a name, a company name, an advertisement or, in general, expressions that lead to the belief or implication that it is registered in the register mentioned in Article L. 546-1 under one of these categories or to create confusion in this respect. It is forbidden…

I. – Breaches of the provisions of this chapter, with the exception of article L. 546-3, are punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of €6,000 or one of these two penalties only. Any person who disregards one of the prohibitions set out in article L. 546-3 shall be liable to three years’ imprisonment and a fine of €375,000, or to one of these two penalties only. The court…