Notwithstanding article L. 312-1, when a financial institution subject to I of article 1649 AC of the General Tax Code is unable to identify, under the conditions set out in II of the same article 1649 AC, the tax residences and, where applicable, the tax identification numbers of an account holder and of the natural persons controlling him in accordance with the second paragraph of I of the said article 1649 AC, it shall not enter into a contractual relationship.
The first paragraph of this article is not applicable for the implementation of the agreement between the Government of the French Republic and the Government of the United States of America to improve international tax compliance and to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act signed in Paris on 14 November 2013.