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Article L511-22 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Within the limits of the services that it is authorised to provide in the territory of a Member State other than France where it has its registered office and depending on the authorisation it has received there, any credit institution may, in the territory of mainland France, the overseas departments, the Department of Mayotte and Saint-Martin, establish branches to provide banking services and operate under the freedom to provide services…

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Article L511-23 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Within the limits of the services that it is authorised to provide within the territory of a Member State other than France, where it has its registered office, any financial institution that has obtained a certificate from the competent authorities of that Member State certifying that it meets the conditions required for this purpose by those authorities may, within the territory of mainland France, the overseas departments, the Department of…

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Article L511-24 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The institutions referred to in Articles L. 511-22 and L. 511-23 and their branches established in France are subject to the following provisions of this chapter and the regulatory provisions adopted for their application: 1° In section 1, article L. 511-4 ; 2° Within Section 2, I of Article L. 511-8-1 and Article L. 511-8-2; 3° Subsection 2 of Section 3, with the exception of Articles L. 511-27 and L….

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Article L511-25 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

In order to supervise an institution benefiting from the regime provided for in Article L. 511-24 and notwithstanding the provisions of Article 1a of Law no. 68-678 of 26 July 1968, the competent authorities responsible for the institution may require the institution and its branches established in France to disclose any information relevant to the exercise of such supervision and, subject only to having informed the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel…

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Article L511-26 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The institutions referred to in Articles L. 511-22 and L. 511-23 are subject to supervision by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution under the conditions set out in Articles L. 613-32 to L. 613-33, or by the European Central Bank, pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 October 2013.

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Article L511-27 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I. – Any credit institution having its registered office in France and wishing to establish a branch in another Member State shall notify the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution of its plans, together with information of a nature to be determined by the Minister responsible for the economy. If the branch is not a major credit institution and if the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution has…

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Article L511-28 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Any financial institution having its registered office in France and wishing to set up a branch in another Member State in order to offer free banking services shall notify its project to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, together with information of a nature determined by the Minister responsible for the economy. The financial institution must also prove to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution that…

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Article L511-29 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

All credit institutions and finance companies are required to join a professional body or a central body affiliated to the Association française des établissements de crédit et des entreprises d’investissement. The purpose of the French Association of Credit Institutions and Investment Firms is to represent the collective interests of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions, portfolio management companies and investment firms, in particular vis-à-vis the public authorities,…

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Article L511-30 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

For the application of the provisions of this code relating to credit institutions and finance companies, the following are considered as central bodies: Crédit agricole S.A., the central body of savings banks and banques populaires, the Confédération nationale du crédit mutuel.

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Article L511-31 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The central bodies represent the credit institutions and finance companies affiliated to them in their dealings with the Banque de France and the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. They are responsible for ensuring the cohesion of their network and the smooth operation of the institutions and companies affiliated to them. To this end, they take all necessary measures, in particular to guarantee the liquidity and solvency of each…

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