Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents

I.-For the application of the second paragraph of Article L. 232-25, the categories of legal persons who finance or invest, directly or indirectly, in companies, or provide services for the benefit of such legal persons are as follows:

1° For legal persons that finance or invest:

a) The credit institutions and finance companies mentioned in article L. 511-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code as well as the persons mentioned in articles L. 511-22 and L. 511-23 of the same code;

b) Financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies referred to in article L. 517-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code;

c) The investment companies mentioned in the article L. 531-4 of the Monetary and Financial Code as well as the persons mentioned in articles L. 532-18 and L. 532-18-1 of the same code;

d) The collective investment management companies mentioned in article L. 543-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code;

e) The sociétés de libre partenariat mentioned in article L. 214-162-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code ;

f) The establishment mentioned in article L. 518-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code;

g) The insurance and reinsurance undertakings mentioned in articles L. 310-1 et L. 310-1-1 of the Insurance Code as well as the persons mentioned in article L. 310-3-1of the same code;

h) Provident institutions and their unions governed by Title III of Book IX of the code de la sécurité sociale;

i) Mutual societies and their unions governed by Book II of the code de la mutualité;

j) The insurance or reinsurance intermediaries referred to in article L. 511-1 of the Insurance Code as well as the persons mentioned in article L. 515-2 of the same code;

k) Companies habitually engaged in the leasing of professional property without being authorised as a credit institution or finance company;

2° For providers of services to legal entities that finance or invest:

a) The central depositories referred to in Article L. 441-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code and the managers of interbank settlement systems mentioned in I of Article L. 330-1 of the same code;

b) The market undertakings mentioned in article L. 421-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or persons who operate a regulated market mentioned in article L. 422-1 of the same code;

c) The payment institutions mentioned in Article L. 522-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code as well as the persons mentioned in Article L. 522-13 of the same code;

d) The banking and payment services intermediaries mentioned in article L. 519-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code;

e) Electronic money institutions mentioned in Article L. 526-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code as well as the persons mentioned in Articles L. 526-25 and L. 526-26 of the same code;

f) The financial investment advisers mentioned in article L. 541-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code;

g) Investment research and financial analysis service providers within the meaning of the article L. 544-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code;

h) The credit rating agencies mentioned in article L. 544-4 of the Monetary and Financial Code;

i) Agents linked to an investment services provider mentioned in the article L. 545-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code;

j) The participative investment advisers mentioned in the article L. 547-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code;

k) Participative finance intermediaries mentioned in the article L. 548-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code ;

l) Companies specialising in solvency information and default prevention.

II.-The persons mentioned in I of this article shall accompany their request for access to the annual accounts of a company pursuant to the first paragraph of Article R. 123-154-1 a certificate drawn up in accordance with the standard model set out in the Annexe 1-6 du présent livre.