The persons referred to in Article L. 532-18-1 shall send the Autorité des marchés financiers, at its request and for statistical purposes, periodic reports on the activities of their branch.
The Autorité des marchés financiers may require the branches referred to in Article L. 532-18-1 to send it the information necessary to enable it to verify that they comply with the provisions applicable to them in mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte and Saint-Martin, in the cases provided for in Article L. 532-18-2. The obligations imposed on these branches may not be more stringent than those applicable to the investment services providers mentioned in Article L. 531-1.