Section 1: Provisions concerning monitoring, controls and investigations

The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) is the single authority serving as a contact point for receiving requests for exchanges of information or cooperation from the authorities of other Member States of the European Union or other States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as well as from the European Securities and Markets Authority when these requests relate to the implementation of Directive 2011/61/EU of the European…

Where the activities of a trading platform referred to in Article L. 420-1 that has installed access arrangements in another Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area have acquired substantial importance for the operation of financial instrument markets and investor protection, the Autorité des marchés financiers shall set up proportionate cooperation arrangements with the competent authority of that…

The AMF may request information directly from investment services providers that are members of a regulated market and are not established in France. In such cases, it shall inform the competent authority of the Member State of the European Union or of the other State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area to which they belong.

When the Autorité des marchés financiers receives transaction reports in accordance with Article L. 533-9, it shall transmit this information to the competent authority of the most relevant market in terms of liquidity for the financial instrument in question, when this market is located in another Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. When the AMF receives transaction…

Notwithstanding the provisions of Act No. 68-678 of 26 July 1968 on the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural or legal persons, the Autorité des marchés financiers shall cooperate with: 1° The bodies responsible for overseeing the spot and auction markets for the units referred to inArticle L. 229-7 of the Environment Code, as well as with the competent authorities responsible for…

Notwithstanding Act 68-678 of 26 July 1968 on the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural or legal persons, the Autorité des marchés financiers shall cooperate with the International Monetary Fund, the Financial Stability Board, the Bank for International Settlements, the International Organisation of Securities Commissions and the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures and shall exchange with them, without undue delay, any…