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Chapter II: Crisis prevention and management measures

Article A311-1 of the French Insurance Code

The threshold mentioned in 1° of I of Article L. 311-5 is 50 billion euros for the persons mentioned in Article L. 311-1 and not subject to group supervision by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. The threshold mentioned in 2° of I of Article L. 311-5 is 50 billion euros for the persons mentioned in Article L. 311-1 and subject to group supervision by the Autorité de…

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Article A311-2 of the French Insurance Code

I.-For the application of Article L. 311-5, the supervisory board of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall decide how often the preventive recovery plan is to be updated, which may not be less than every two years. This decision is taken taking into account the importance and risks presented by the person’s activity with regard to the resolution objectives mentioned in I of Article L. 311-22. However,…

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Article A311-3 of the French Insurance Code

I.-The preventive recovery plan referred to in article L. 311-5 includes appropriate conditions and procedures to ensure the rapid implementation of the recovery measures identified. It considers several serious crisis scenarios, of a macroeconomic and financial nature or resulting from catastrophic events, with serious implications for policyholders, beneficiaries and members, depending on the specific situation of the person or group concerned, including events of systemic proportions and crises specific to…

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Article A311-4 of the French Insurance Code

The preventive resolution plans referred to in article L. 311-8 shall include, quantifying them wherever necessary and possible, the following elements: 1° A description of the legal and organisational structure of the person concerned and, where applicable, its subsidiaries, branches and the group to which it belongs; 2° An analysis of the consequences of a total or partial failure of the person or group concerned, based in particular on the…

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Article A311-5 of the French Insurance Code

For the application of Article L. 311-8, the resolution board of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may ask the persons for whom it draws up or updates a preventive resolution plan to provide as soon as possible any information necessary for this purpose and which has not already been provided to the authority as part of its other duties.

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Article A311-6 of the French Insurance Code

I.-When carrying out the assessment referred to in Articles L. 311-11 and R. 311-7, the resolution college of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall examine : 1° The ability of the person concerned to identify within itself and, where applicable, within the group to which it belongs, the activities representing a significant source of income or profit and the critical functions resulting from its activity; 2° The…

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