Section 2: Persons authorised to carry out doorstep selling

Only the following may use or engage in the activity of banking or financial canvassing, within the limits of the specific provisions governing them:

1° Credit institutions or finance companies as defined in article L. 511-1, the bodies mentioned in article L. 518-1, electronic money institutions, payment institutions, account information service providers, investment firms and insurance companies as defined in article L. 531-4 of this Code and article L. 310-1 of the Insurance Code respectively, supplementary occupational pension funds as mentioned inarticle L. 381-1 of the same code, the venture capital companies mentioned in article 1-1 of law no. 85-695 of 11 July 1985 containing various economic and financial provisions, with a view to subscribing the securities they issue, the collective investment management companies defined in article L. 543-1 of this code with a view to subscribing the financial securities issued by the collective investments they manage, as well as equivalent institutions and undertakings authorised in another Member State of the European Union and authorised to operate on French territory;

2° Companies, within the framework of schemes covered by Book III of Part Three of the Labour Code which they offer to their beneficiaries, as well as legal entities which they appoint to offer one of these schemes entered into by the company. In this case, and without prejudice to the information and marketing rules to which they are subject, only the provisions of article L. 341-9, 3° of article L. 353-2 (1) and article L. 353-4 of this code are applicable to these canvassing activities;

3° Financial investment advisers as defined in article L. 541-1 ;

4° The banking and payment services intermediaries referred to in article L. 519-1;

5° The tied agents referred to in Article L. 545-1;

6° Participative finance service providers referred to in Article L. 547-1 and participative finance service providers approved in another Member State of the European Union and authorised to operate on French territory;

7° Issuers of tokens that have obtained the visa provided for in Article L. 552-4 ;

8° Service providers approved under the conditions set out in Article L. 54-10-5.