Chapter III: Provisions specific to credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and central counterparties

I. – The provisions of this section apply to the following persons: 1° The credit institutions defined in Article L. 511-1 and the central bodies mentioned in Article L. 511-30 ; 2° Investment firms within the meaning of Article L. 531-4 and branches of third country firms mentioned in Article L. 532-48, with the exception of those which exclusively provide one or more of the investment services mentioned in 1,…

In this Section and in Section 5 of this Chapter: 1° “Significant branch” means a branch of significant importance within the meaning of Article L. 613-32-1 ; 2° “Transnational group” means a group with entities established in more than one Member State of the European Union; 3° “EU State aid rules” means all the rules laid down by Articles 107, 108 and 109 of the Treaty on the Functioning of…

In carrying out the tasks referred to in 4° of II of Article L. 612-1, the college of supervisors and the college of resolution shall take into account the nature of the activities of the entity concerned, the composition of its shareholders, its legal form, its risk profile, its size, its legal status and its interconnection with other institutions or with the financial system in general, the scope and complexity…

For the purposes of this Section, where the college of supervisors or the college of resolution takes a decision or measure which may have an impact in one or more other Member States, the college shall take into account the interest of the other Member States in which significant parent undertakings, subsidiaries or branches are established, including the impact on the financial stability, budgetary resources and deposit guarantee or investor…

I. – Notwithstanding the provisions of Act 68-678 of 26 July 1968 relating to the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural or legal persons, the collège de résolution and the collège de supervision may, in the performance of their task of preventing and resolving banking crises, exchange information covered by professional secrecy with the following persons or departments: 1° The Minister for…