Without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 526-10, electronic money institutions may carry on a commercial activity other than the issuance and management of electronic money or other than the transactions referred to in Article L. 526-2 as a regular occupation, subject to the laws and regulations applicable to that activity.
For these electronic money institutions carrying out activities of a hybrid nature, activities other than the issuance and management of electronic money must not be incompatible with the requirements of the profession, in particular the maintenance of the reputation of the electronic money institution, the primacy of the interests of customers and competition in the market in question.
The terms and conditions under which electronic money institutions carry on an activity other than the issuance and management of electronic money as their regular occupation are laid down by order of the Minister for the Economy.
This article applies to electronic money institutions that carry on the business of issuing and managing the securities referred to in Article L. 525-4 on a regular basis.