547. Persons who were employed by a market intermediary in damage insurance and who were, pursuant to the By-law of the Conseil des assurances de dommages respecting market intermediaries in damage insurance and the Regulation respecting multidisciplinary firms, declared on or before 12 June 1998 on the lists forwarded to the Inspector General of Financial Institutions or the Conseil des assurances de dommages may exercise the activities they were permitted to exercise.