The approval of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is not required when all the following conditions are met:
1° The principal activity of the financial holding company or the parent undertaking of a finance company is to acquire interests in subsidiaries or, in the case of a mixed financial holding company, its principal activity as regards financial institutions or undertakings is to acquire interests in subsidiaries ;
2° The financial holding company, the parent undertaking of a finance company or the mixed financial holding company has not been designated as a resolution entity, as defined in 21° of Article L. 613-34-1, in any of the group’s resolution groups, as defined in 22° of the same article;
3° A credit institution subsidiary has been designated as being responsible for the group’s compliance with prudential requirements on a consolidated basis and has all the resources and legal authority necessary to discharge these obligations effectively;
4° The financial holding company, the parent undertaking of a finance company or the mixed financial holding company does not take part in management, operational or financial decisions concerning the group or its subsidiaries which are institutions or financial institutions;
5° There is no obstacle to the effective supervision of the group on a consolidated basis.
Financial holding companies, parent undertakings of finance companies or mixed financial holding companies exempted from approval in accordance with this Article shall not be excluded from the scope of consolidation defined in Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013.