The provisions of Articles R. 533-1, R. 612-34, R. 612-36 to R. 612-50 and R. 613-10 to R. 613-23 also apply to the persons mentioned in Article 4 of Article L. 440-2.
The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may authorise the persons referred to in the previous paragraph and investment firms whose business relates exclusively to financial futures instruments, the list of which is set by decree, to close their financial year on a date other than 31 December when their business justifies this. Beneficiaries of this derogation must submit their annual accounts to the body competent to approve them no later than five months after the end of the financial year.