As soon as it receives an application for authorisation pursuant to Article L. 54-10-5, the AMF will investigate the application. It may ask the applicant for any additional information needed to examine the application.
When the Autorité des marchés financiers requests the opinion of the Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d’information to verify the security of the information systems of digital asset service providers, the Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d’information shall provide its opinion within two months of the request. The Autorité des marchés financiers shall provide any relevant documents.
The AMF may ask the applicant to use products that have been evaluated and certified under the conditions set out in Decree 2002-535 of 18 April 2002 on the evaluation and certification of the security offered by information technology products and systems, or to have a security audit carried out by a qualified trust service provider under the conditions set out in Decree 2015-350 of 27 March 2015 relating to the qualification of security products and trust service providers for the purposes of information system security or Decree no. 2010-112 of 2 February 2010 implementing articles 9,10 and 12 of Order 2005-1516 of 8 December 2005 on electronic exchanges between users and administrative authorities and between administrative authorities. The Autorité des marchés financiers may ask the applicant for the audit report drawn up by the qualified trust service provider and may request the opinion of the Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d’information on this report.
The AMF will notify the applicant of its decision within six months of receipt of the complete application.