Paragraph 1: Operations concerned

The provisions of this section apply to transfers of funds in any currency issued or received by a payment service provider or intermediary payment service provider domiciled in Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia or the Wallis and Futuna Islands, with the exception of:
1° Transfers of funds based on one of the following documents drawn on the payment service provider with a view to making funds available to the beneficiary:
a) A paper-based service voucher;
b) A paper-based traveller's cheque;
c) A paper-based postal order as defined by the Universal Postal Union;
2° Transfers of funds made using a payment card, electronic money instrument or other digital or IT-related device, if all the following conditions are met:
a) The card, instrument or device is used exclusively to pay for goods and services;
b) The number of the card, instrument or device accompanies all transfers resulting from the transaction;
c) The card, payment instrument or device is not used to transfer funds between private individuals;
3° Transfers of funds linked to the servicing of assets and securities, in particular those made to a passbook account, an account mentioned in Title II of Book II, a term account or a securities account mentioned in Chapter I of Title I of Book II, as well as to a cash account specifically associated with it;
4° Transfers of funds using means of payment that are accepted, for the acquisition of goods or services, only on the premises of this company or, under a commercial agreement with it, in a limited network of persons accepting these means of payment or for a limited range of goods or services;
5° Transfers of funds made by means of a telecommunications device or other digital or computerised device, where the operator of the digital or computerised telecommunications system is not acting solely as an intermediary. This condition is met when the goods or services purchased are delivered and must be used by means of this telecommunications device or this digital or computerised device;
6° Cash withdrawals made by the originator on his own behalf;
7° Transfers of funds made by means of cheques in the form of cheque images;
8° Transfers of funds for the payment of taxes, fines or other levies to public authorities in France;
9° Transfers of funds where both the payer and the payee are payment service providers operating on their own account.