Subsection 7: Other powers

For the application of provisions falling within the remit of the Autorité des marchés financiers, civil, criminal or administrative courts may call upon the chairman of the Autorité des marchés financiers or his representative to file submissions and to develop them orally at the hearing, without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 466-1.

If, in the course of its duties, the Autorité des marchés financiers becomes aware of a crime or offence, it must immediately notify the public prosecutor and forward to the latter all information, reports and documents relating thereto. Subject to the provisions of the third paragraph of Article L. 632-16, the public prosecutor may obtain from the AMF disclosure of all information held by the AMF in the performance of…

I. – The Autorité des marchés financiers is the competent authority within the meaning of Article 32 of Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps. II. – Pursuant to I, the AMF may impose penalties for any breach of the provisions of the said Regulation under the conditions set out in…

The Autorité des marchés financiers may take any measures required to ensure the proper functioning of the markets if the activity of one or more AIFs on the market for a financial instrument could jeopardise the proper functioning of that market. This article applies to AIFs 1° Relevant to II of Article L. 214-24, excluding those mentioned in its last paragraph, and excluding AIFs relevant to I of Article L….

The minutes or reports of an investigation or any other document from criminal proceedings that is directly related to facts that may be submitted to the AMF Enforcement Committee for review may be disclosed by the public prosecutor (procureur de la République Financière), on his own initiative or at the request of the investigating magistrate (juge d’instruction), where appropriate: 1° To the Secretary General of the Autorité des marchés financiers,…

The Autorité des marchés financiers is the competent authority within the meaning of Article 40 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and contracts or to measure the performance of investment funds and amending Directives 2008/48/ EC and 2014/17/ EU and Regulation (EU) No 596/2014.

The AMF shall ensure that the financial institutions referred to in 2° of I of Article L. 561-36 comply with Article L. 564-2.

The Autorité des marchés financiers is the competent authority, within the meaning of Article 67(1) of Directive 2014/65/ EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Directive 2002/92/ EC and Directive 2011/61/ EU, for the application of the provisions of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets…

The Autorité des marchés financiers is the competent authority within the meaning of Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on credit rating agencies.

The Autorité des marchés financiers is the competent authority within the meaning of Article 29(4) and (5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 creating a general framework for securitisation and a specific framework for simple, transparent and standardised securitisations, and amending Directives 2009/65/ EC, 2009/138/ EC and 2011/61/ EU and Regulations (EC) No 1060/2009 and (EU) No 648/2012.