Applications for membership of the approved professional association are answered within two months of the date of receipt by the association of a complete application. If the approved professional association refuses membership, it will give reasons for its decision. The decision to refuse membership may be appealed to the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the association has its registered office.
The association may notify its decision to refuse membership to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and to the other professional associations mentioned in I of Article L. 519-11.