I.- Insurance and reinsurance undertakings shall hold eligible own funds covering the Solvency Capital Requirement. The Solvency Capital Requirement shall be calculated either using the standard formula or using a full or partial internal model approved by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.
II – The Board of Directors or the Management Board of the undertaking shall give its approval to the application for approval of the internal model referred to in I and to the application for approval of any subsequent major modification to that model, prior to their transmission to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.
The Chief Executive Officer or the Management Board shall put in place systems to ensure that the internal model functions properly on an ongoing basis.
III – The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall decide on any application for approval of a full or partial internal model within six months of receipt of the complete application. It shall give such approval only if it is satisfied that the insurance or reinsurance undertaking’s systems for identifying, measuring, controlling, managing and reporting risks are adequate and, in particular, that the internal model complies with the rules set out in this Chapter. Such approval may be subject to conditions where the AMF considers this necessary.
Rejection of an application for approval of an internal model shall be the subject of a reasoned decision by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.
After approving their internal model, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may require insurance and reinsurance undertakings, in a reasoned decision, to provide it with an estimate of their Solvency Capital Requirement calculated using the standard formula.
IV – The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall inform the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority of any application for approval or major amendment of an internal model in accordance with Article 35(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority), amending Decision No 716/2009/EC and repealing Commission Decision 2009/79/EC. The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may request technical assistance from the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority in examining this request.