Article L321-11 of the French Insurance Code
The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall ensure that any insurance undertaking referred to in Article L. 310-3-1 which intends to open a branch, to carry on business for the first time under the freedom to provide services in the territory of another Member State of the European Union, or to change the nature or conditions under which such business is carried on, has a system of governance…