Credit institutions, La Poste, electronic money institutions, payment institutions carrying out euro coin processing operations and service providers carrying out these operations in the name and on behalf of these institutions shall first sign an agreement with the Banque de France or the Institut d’émission des départements d’outre-mer. This agreement specifies in particular the conditions under which the latter, acting on behalf of the State, may carry out documentary and on-site inspections and impose penalties where appropriate.
Where credit institutions, La Poste, electronic money institutions and payment institutions entrust all or part of the processing of euro coins to service providers, they shall ensure that the latter are signatories to this agreement.
When service providers pay over the counter at the Banque de France or the Institut d’émission des départements d’outre-mer or deliver to credit institutions, La Poste, electronic money institutions or payment institutions, with a view to their delivery to the public, euro coins processed by other service providers, it is their responsibility to ensure that the latter are signatories to this agreement.
The list of signatories to the agreement is published on the Banque de France website.
The Banque de France and the Institut d’émission des départements d’outre-mer define, in accordance with the rules laid down by the European Central Bank, the packaging, payment and identification standards applicable to euro coins, which must be met by payments of euro coins made to them.