Direct marketers who are natural persons and natural persons with the power to manage or administer legal entities authorised under I of Article L. 341-4 must meet the following conditions:
1° Be of legal age;
2° Prior to taking up their duties, they must have either a baccalaureate or equivalent, or professional training suitable for carrying out the operations mentioned in 1° to 9° of article L. 341-1.
In the absence of the diplomas or levels of training provided for in 2° above, they must provide evidence of at least two years’ professional experience in positions related to the performance of operations in the categories listed in 1° to 9° of article L. 341-1. This experience must have been acquired during the five years preceding the appointment of the persons concerned as direct marketers or managers of legal entities mandated pursuant to I of article L. 341-4 ;
3° They must not have been banned temporarily or permanently from exercising an activity or service, pursuant to the provisions of article L. 621-15 or pursuant to a sanction imposed before 24 November 2003 by the Commission des Opérations de Bourse, the Conseil des Marchés Financiers or the Conseil de Discipline de la Gestion Financière, or the sanctions provided for in 4 and 5 of article L. 613-21 of this Code or in 3° to 5° of article L. 310-18 of the Code des Assurances.
The persons mentioned in the first paragraph of this article must produce a declaration on their honour to this effect.