Investment service providers other than asset management companies shall have sound administrative procedures, internal control mechanisms, effective risk assessment techniques, effective control and safeguard arrangements for their IT systems and risk mitigation techniques for OTC derivative contracts not cleared by a central counterparty compliant with Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories.
Investment services providers other than portfolio management companies are required, in respect of their investment services activities, to comply with the management standards intended to guarantee their liquidity, solvency and the balance of their financial structure defined by the Minister responsible for the economy pursuant to Article L. 611-3.
In particular, they must comply with coverage and risk-spreading ratios.
Failure to comply with these obligations will result in the application of the procedure set out in articles L. 612-39 , L. 612-40 and L. 621-15.