When the body that keeps the register referred to in I of Article L. 512-1 of the Insurance Code is informed by the competent body of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area that an intermediary registered in that State wishes to operate under the freedom to provide services or the freedom of establishment in France, it shall check with that body, where applicable, that the principals for whom the intermediary is acting are authorised to operate in France. It then registers the intermediary concerned in the register referred to in I of article L. 512-1 of the Insurance Code.
If the principal does not insure the intermediary against full civil liability for the intermediary’s activities in the home country, the intermediary must take out professional insurance.
The additional minimum level of professional knowledge and skills required of intermediaries registered in a Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area who wish to operate in France is defined by decree of the Conseil d’Etat.