I. – Before granting authorisation as an investment firm to an applicant that is a direct or indirect subsidiary of an insurance company, reinsurance company, credit institution, investment firm or portfolio management company headquartered in a country other than France, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may, on its own initiative or at the request of the Autorité des marchés financiers, ask the authority responsible for authorising this parent entity for any information that would enable it to assess the application.
II. – Before authorising, pursuant to I ofArticle L. 531-6 , the acquisition or extension of a direct or indirect qualifying holding in the capital of an investment firm that is :
1° A subsidiary of an insurance company, reinsurance company, credit institution, investment firm or portfolio management company authorised in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, or authorised in a financial sector other than that in which the acquisition is proposed;
2° or a subsidiary of the parent undertaking of an insurance undertaking, a reinsurance undertaking, a credit institution, an investment firm or a portfolio management company authorised in another Member State of the European Union which is party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or authorised in a financial sector other than that in which the acquisition is contemplated;
3° Or an undertaking controlled by a natural or legal person who also controls an insurance undertaking, reinsurance undertaking, credit institution, investment undertaking or portfolio management company authorised in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or authorised in a financial sector other than that in which the acquisition is proposed.
The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall, without delay and in accordance with the conditions laid down in the implementing regulation of the European Commission adopted pursuant to Article 12(9) of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014, consult the competent authority, within the meaning of 4° ofArticle L. 517-2, to which the proposed acquirer is subject, with a view to obtaining any information that is essential or relevant for carrying out the assessment provided for inArticle R. 532-8-1. The decision taken following this assessment by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall mention any opinions or reservations expressed by this competent authority.