I. – Within credit institutions or finance companies, the following persons must at all times be of sufficiently good repute and have the knowledge, skills and experience required to perform their duties:
1° Members of the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Board and the Management Board, the Chief Executive Officer and the Deputy Chief Executive Officers, as well as any other person or member of a body exercising equivalent functions;
2° Persons who effectively manage the company within the meaning of Article L. 511-13 and who are not mentioned in 1° ;
3° All persons responsible for the procedures, systems and policies mentioned in article L. 511-55, whose duties are specified by the order issued in application of article L. 511-70 and who are likely to report directly on the performance of their duties to the board of directors, the supervisory board or any other body exercising equivalent supervisory functions.
The competence of the members of the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Board or any other body exercising equivalent supervisory functions is assessed on the basis of their training and experience, with regard to their duties. Where mandates have been previously held, competence is presumed on the basis of the experience acquired. In the case of new members, account is taken of the training from which they may benefit throughout their term of office. In the assessment of each person, account is also taken of the skills and responsibilities of the other members of the body to which that person belongs.
The members of the Board of Directors or the Supervisory Board, on the one hand, and the members of the Management Board or any persons who effectively manage the business of the undertaking within the meaning of Article L. 511-13, on the other hand, collectively have the knowledge, skills and experience necessary to understand all of the undertaking’s activities, including the main risks to which it is exposed.
II. – Where the members of the board of directors, the supervisory board or any other body exercising equivalent supervisory functions do not meet the requirements set out in I, the European Central Bank, on a proposal from the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, or the Autorité itself shall dismiss the members of that body. The European Central Bank or the Authority shall verify whether the requirements set out in I continue to be met where it has reasonable grounds to believe that money laundering or terrorist financing is being or has been committed or attempted in connection with the entity concerned, or that there is an increased risk of such a transaction or attempt.