In order to supervise an institution benefiting from the regime provided for in Article L. 511-24 and notwithstanding the provisions of Article 1a of Law no. 68-678 of 26 July 1968, the competent authorities responsible for the institution may require the institution and its branches established in France to disclose any information relevant to the exercise of such supervision and, subject only to having informed the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution in advance, may carry out themselves or through the intermediary of persons they appoint for this purpose, on-site inspections of the branches of the institution within the territory of the French Republic.