French Monetary and Financial Code
In forceI. - Any person referred to in I of article L. 546-1 shall apply for registration in the register and for entry in the categories referred to in I of article R. 519-4. To this end, it must compile a file showing that it meets the conditions for access to the activities in question. The content of this file is set by order of the Minister for the Economy.
This order takes account, where appropriate, of equivalent registration procedures in other Member States of the European Union or States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
II. - The formalities for registering the persons mentioned in 2°, 3° and 4° of I of article R. 519-4 may be carried out by the natural persons or legal entities that have given them a mandate. In the case of the persons referred to in article L. 541-1, registration formalities may be carried out by the professional associations to which they belong. For intermediaries and agents of intermediaries in the categories mentioned in 1° and 4° of I of article R. 519-4, these formalities may be carried out by the association mentioned in I of article L. 519-11 to which they belong.
III. - The formalities for registering the persons referred to in article L. 545-1 in the register of intermediaries are carried out by the company instructing them to do so. To this end, the undertaking shall check that these persons meet the conditions for access to and exercise of the activity of tied agent. It is obliged to communicate, at its request, to the body mentioned in I of article R. 546-1 any information necessary for this verification.
The same person may not have more than one registration number in the register.
