(1) A contract by which a contractor
1. agrees, for remuneration to be paid by the consumer or a third party, to intermediate a consumer credit agreement or non-gratuitous financial accommodation,
2. agrees to give the consumer evidence of an opportunity to enter into a contract pursuant to no. 1, or
3. agrees to assist in some other manner with the conclusion of a contract pursuant to no. 1,
is governed, subject to sentence 2, by the following provisions of this Subtitle. In the case of non-gratuitous financial accommodation that corresponds to the exceptions under section 491 (2) sentence 2 no. 1 to 5 and subsection (3) sentence 2, the provisions of this Subtitle do not apply.
(2) The credit intermediary is under obligation to inform the consumer in accordance with Article 247 section 13 (2) and section 13b (1) of the Introductory Act to the Civil Code (Einführungsgesetz zum Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuche). The credit intermediary additionally is obliged vis-à-vis the consumer in the same way as a lender under section 491a. Sentence 2 does not apply to goods suppliers or service providers who operate as a credit intermediary for general-purpose consumer credit agreements or for the corresponding non-gratuitous financial accommodation in a solely subordinate function, for instance by intermediating, as an ancillary service, the conclusion of a linked consumer credit agreement.
(3) Where the credit intermediary offers advisory services pursuant to section 511 (1) in connection with the intermediation of a consumer credit agreement relating to immovable property or with a corresponding non-gratuitous financial accommodation, section 511 applies accordingly. Section 511 (2) sentence 2 applies accordingly subject to the proviso of the credit intermediary reviewing a sufficiently large number of credit agreements available on the market. Where the credit intermediary pursues activities on behalf of only one lender or a restricted number of lenders who do not represent a majority on the market, subject to the unlimited and unconditional responsibility of such lender/lenders, then, in derogation from sentence 2, the credit intermediary needs to consider only credit agreements from the product range of these lenders.