Investment service providers other than portfolio management companies may, on their own initiative or at the request of a client, treat as a professional or non-professional client, either generally or for each transaction, a client who might otherwise be classified as an eligible counterparty in accordance with the provisions of Article D. 533-13.
An investment service provider other than an asset management company may, at the request of a professional client, treat that client as an eligible counterparty under the conditions mentioned in Article 71(5) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565 of 25 April 2016.