Articles L. 544-3 to L. 544-5 apply to voting advisers whose registered office is in France, to voting advisers whose registered office is not in a Member State of the European Union but whose head office is in France and to voting advisers whose registered office and head office are not in a Member State of the European Union but who have a branch in France, if they provide voting advisory services to shareholders of companies which have their registered office in a Member State of the European Union and whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market established or operating in a Member State of the European Union.