Where the investigation or inspection report drawn up by the AMF reveals breaches by a person referred to in 9° of II of Article L. 621-9, in II of Article L. 621-15, except in the case of breaches referred to in f of II of the same Article L. 621-15, and with the professional obligations mentioned in Article L. 621-17, the AMF Board may, at the same time as it notifies the parties of the objections under the conditions provided for in the first sentence of the second paragraph of I of Article L. 621-15, send them a proposal to enter the administrative composition procedure.
This proposal suspends the time limit set in the second paragraph of I of Article L. 621-15.
Any person proposed for administrative review undertakes, under an agreement reached with the Secretary General of the AMF, to pay the Treasury a sum not exceeding the amount of the fine incurred under III of Article L. 621-15.
The agreement is submitted to the AMF Board and, if approved by the Board, to the Enforcement Committee, which may decide to approve it. The approved agreement is made public.
In the absence of an approved agreement or in the event of non-compliance, the statement of objections is forwarded to the Enforcement Committee, which applies Article L. 621-15.
The decisions of the Board and the Enforcement Committee referred to in this article are subject to the appeals provided for in Article L. 621-30 .
The procedures for applying this article are laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.