I. – Any person who participates or has participated in the performance of the duties of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is bound by professional secrecy under the conditions and subject to the penalties laid down in Article L. 641-1.
II. – This secrecy may not be invoked against
1° To the judicial authority acting in the context of either compulsory liquidation proceedings opened against a person subject to the supervision of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, or criminal proceedings ;
2° To the administrative courts hearing a dispute relating to the activities of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution;
3° In the event of a hearing by a committee of enquiry under the conditions provided for in the fourth paragraph of II of Article 6 of the Ordinance of 17 November 1958 on the functioning of parliamentary assemblies;
3° bis. To the Chairman and the General Rapporteur of the Finance Committee of the National Assembly and the Senate, under the terms of IV of Article 164 of Order no. 58-1374 of 30 December 1958 on the 1959 Finance Act;
4° To the Cour des Comptes (Court of Auditors), as part of the audits entrusted to it by law.
III. – The information gathered in the cases mentioned in 4° of II is covered by professional secrecy under the conditions set out in I of this article.
IV. – The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is authorised to communicate to the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and to the statistical departments of the Ministries responsible for social security and mutual insurance the data sent to it by the bodies subject to its supervision and which are useful for compiling public statistics, particularly in the areas of health, retirement and provident insurance. The information thus collected is covered by professional secrecy under the conditions applicable to the Authority.