I. – All information, including promotional communications, addressed by an investment service provider other than an asset management company to clients, including potential clients, shall be accurate, clear and not misleading. Promotional communications shall be clearly identifiable as such.
II – Investment service providers other than portfolio management companies shall provide their clients, including potential clients, with appropriate and timely information concerning the investment service provider other than a portfolio management company and its services, the financial instruments and investment strategies offered, the execution venues and all related costs and fees.
A decree shall specify the information communicated to the client pursuant to this II.
III – The information referred to in II shall be provided in a comprehensible form so that clients, in particular potential clients, can reasonably understand the nature of the investment service and the specific type of financial instrument offered, as well as the associated risks, so that clients are in a position to make informed investment decisions.
This information may be provided in a standardised form under conditions laid down by the General Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers.
IIIa – The information referred to in II shall be transmitted electronically. However, if the person to whom the information is sent is a retail client, the client may ask to receive the information on paper. The conditions for the application of this paragraph are laid down by decree.
IV – Where an investment service is offered as part of a financial product subject to other provisions relating to credit institutions or consumer credit in terms of information requirements, this service is not subject to the information requirements set out in this article.