In New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the Institut d’émission d’outre-mer (French overseas note-issuing bank) centralises information enabling the identification of accounts of all kinds held by natural and legal persons as well as safe deposit box rentals.
The Institute shall inform institutions and persons authorised to maintain accounts and to open regulated savings accounts in particular.
The Institut d’émission d’outre-mer shall also ensure compliance with the provisions of Article L. 221-38.
The Institut d’émission d’outre-mer shall ensure, in liaison with the Banque de France, the security of means of payment as defined in Article L. 311-3, other than banknotes and coins, and the relevance of the standards applicable in this area. It is authorised to obtain information from credit institutions, electronic money institutions, the undertakings referred to in II of Article L. 511-7 and in Articles L. 521-3, L. 522-6, L. 522-11-1, L. 525-4, L. 525-5, L. 526-7 and L. 526-19, payment institutions, investment firms, undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities or their management companies, finance companies, insurance and reinsurance undertakings and industrial and commercial undertakings, all documents and information that it requires to carry out its duties. If it considers that one of these means of payment offers insufficient security guarantees, it may recommend that the issuer take any measures intended to remedy the situation. If these recommendations are not acted upon, it may, after hearing the issuer’s observations, decide to issue a negative opinion published in the Official Journal.
In order to carry out its duties, the Institut d’émission d’outre-mer shall carry out expert assessments or have the Banque de France carry them out, and shall obtain from the issuer or any interested party any relevant information concerning the means of payment and the terminals or technical devices associated with them.