Within the limits of the services it is authorised to provide in its home country, and depending on the authorisation it has received there, any legal or natural person authorised to provide investment services may, without prejudice to the provisions of Articles L. 511-21 to L. 511-28, establish branches to provide investment and related services in mainland France, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Reunion, Mayotte and Saint-Martin. Related services may only be provided in conjunction with an investment service.
For the purposes of Articles L. 213-3, L. 421-17 to L. 421-19, L. 211-36, L. 211-36-1, L. 211-35, L. 531-10, 5° of I, 6° of II and III of Article L. 533-10, Articles L. 621-17-3, L. 621-17-5 to L. 621-17-7 and L. 621-18-1, the persons mentioned in the previous paragraph are treated in the same way as investment service providers.
Where an investment service provider with its registered office in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area uses tied agents as referred to in Article L. 545-1, established in mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion Island, Mayotte and Saint-Martin, these agents are subject to the provisions relating to branches or are treated in the same way as a branch, where applicable.