I. – The Autorité des marchés financiers and the Commission de régulation de l’énergie shall cooperate with each other. They shall provide each other with any information that may be useful for the performance of their respective duties.
The Autorité des marchés financiers shall refer to the Commission de régulation de l’énergie, for its opinion, any matter falling within the scope of the latter’s powers.
II. – When a matter is referred to it by the Commission de régulation de l’énergie pursuant to Article 39-1 of Law 2000-108 of 10 February 2000 on the modernisation and development of the public electricity service, the Autorité des marchés financiers shall inform the Commission de régulation de l’énergie of the progress of the investigation of the matter. The Commission de régulation de l’énergie may ask the Autorité des marchés financiers to provide it with any information relating to the case that is relevant to the performance of its duties.
III. – As an exception to the provisions of Article L. 631-1, the Autorité des marchés financiers may provide the Commission de régulation de l’énergie with information covered by professional secrecy.
The information collected in accordance with I and II is covered by the professional secrecy in force under the conditions applicable to the body that communicated it and to the recipient body.
This information may only be used by the authorities mentioned in I and II for the performance of their duties, except with the consent of the authority that provided it.