I.-The banking and payment services intermediaries referred to in 2° of the I of article R. 519-4 and their agents referred to in 4° of the same I as well as the agents of the banking intermediaries referred to in 1° of the same I when they carry out an intermediation activity in addition to the provision of a product or service, must provide evidence of the professional skills resulting from :
1° Either a diploma attesting to a first cycle of higher education corresponding to level 5 of the national framework of professional qualifications ;
2° or 80 hours of vocational training, adapted to the performance of banking transactions or payment services, taken :
a) with a credit institution, finance company, payment institution, electronic money institution that provides payment services, insurance company, or intermediary in banking transactions and payment services mentioned in I of articles R. 519-8 and R. 519-9, which is different from the structure in which these intermediaries operate ;
b) With a training body chosen by the person concerned, his employer or, where applicable, his principal, under the conditions laid down in article R. 519-12.
II.By way of exception to I, these same intermediaries are deemed to have these skills:
1° If they can provide evidence of one year’s professional experience in functions relating to the performance of banking transactions or payment services, acquired during the three years prior to registration in the single register referred to in Article L. 546-1 in one of the categories referred to in the first paragraph of I, together with forty hours’ vocational training adapted to the performance of banking transactions or payment services, taken under the conditions set out in 2° of I, during the same three years;
2° Where they can prove that:
a) They have obtained the level of competence referred to in article R. 519-10 and at least one year’s professional experience in banking or payment services in one of the categories referred to in I of the same article;
b) forty hours’ professional training, adapted to the performance of banking transactions or payment services, taken under the conditions set out in 2° of I of this article, during the three years preceding registration in the single register mentioned in Article L. 546-1 in one of the categories mentioned in the first paragraph of I of this article.