In the case provided for in Article L. 532-33, the Autorité des marchés financiers shall participate, with the competent authorities of the other possible reference Member States, in the joint procedure for designating, within one month, the reference Member State provided for in Article 37 of Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011.
Where France is designated as the reference Member State, the Autorité des marchés financiers shall inform the AIFM of this designation without delay. If the AMF has not duly informed the AIFM of its decision within seven days of making it, or if it has not rendered its decision within one month, the AIFM may itself choose its reference Member State on the basis of the criteria set out in 2°, 3°, 5°, 6° and 7° ofArticle R. 532-31.
At the request of the AMF, the AIFM must provide proof of its intention to develop effective marketing in France by sending the AMF its marketing strategy.