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Article L545-4 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Natural persons who are tied agents of investment service providers, as well as natural persons who have the power to manage or administer legal persons authorised as tied agents of investment service providers, must comply with conditions of good repute laid down by decree.

Investment services providers that use the services of tied agents shall ensure that the latter have the general, commercial and professional knowledge and skills required to provide investment or related services and to communicate accurately to any client, in particular any potential client, all relevant information about the service offered. They shall monitor the activities of the latter, so as to be able to comply at all times with the legal and regulatory provisions to which they themselves are subject.

These service providers also ensure that their tied agents comply at all times with the legislative and regulatory provisions applicable to them.

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Article L545-4

Les personnes physiques agents liés de prestataires de services d’investissement, ainsi que les personnes physiques ayant le pouvoir de gérer ou d’administrer les personnes morales habilitées en tant qu’agents liés de prestataires de services d’investissement répondent à des conditions d’honorabilité fixées par décret.

Les prestataires de services d’investissement qui recourent aux services d’agents liés s’assurent que ceux-ci disposent de connaissances et compétences générales, commerciales et professionnelles requises pour fournir les services d’investissement ou les services connexes et communiquer précisément à tout client, notamment à tout client potentiel, toutes les informations pertinentes sur le service proposé. Ils surveillent les activités de ces derniers, de manière à pouvoir se conformer en permanence aux dispositions législatives et réglementaires auxquelles ils sont eux-mêmes soumis.

Ces prestataires s’assurent également que leurs agents liés se conforment en permanence aux dispositions législatives et réglementaires qui leur sont applicables.

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