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Article L532-18 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Within the limits of the services it is authorised to provide in its home country, and depending on the authorisation it has received there, any legal or natural person authorised to provide investment services may, without prejudice to the provisions of Articles L. 511-21 to L. 511-26, provide investment and related services under the freedom to provide services in mainland France, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Reunion, Mayotte and Saint-Martin. Related services…

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Article L532-18-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Within the limits of the services it is authorised to provide in its home country, and depending on the authorisation it has received there, any legal or natural person authorised to provide investment services may, without prejudice to the provisions of Articles L. 511-21 to L. 511-28, establish branches to provide investment and related services in mainland France, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Reunion, Mayotte and Saint-Martin. Related services may only be…

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Article L532-18-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The provisions of Articles L. 533-1, L. 533-6, L. 533-9, L. 533-11 to L. 533-20, the first paragraph of Article L. 533-23, 2° and 4° of Article L. 533-24, 1° and 2° of Article L. 533-24-1, Articles L. 632-1 to L. 632-6, L. 632-12 to L. 632-15-1 and L. 632-16, as well as those of Articles 14 to 26 of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of…

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Article L532-19 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

In order to supervise an investment service provider benefiting from the regime provided for in Article L. 532-18-1, the competent authorities of the home country to which it belongs may require its branches established in France to disclose any information relevant to the exercise of that supervision. After informing the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution in advance, the competent authority of the home country of an investment services…

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Article L532-20 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The persons referred to in Article L. 532-18-1 shall send the Autorité des marchés financiers, at its request and for statistical purposes, periodic reports on the activities of their branch. The Autorité des marchés financiers may require the branches referred to in Article L. 532-18-1 to send it the information necessary to enable it to verify that they comply with the provisions applicable to them in mainland France, Guadeloupe, French…

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Article L532-20-1-A of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Where the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution or the Autorité des marchés financiers has clear and demonstrable grounds for believing that an investment service provider operating under the freedom to provide services or with a branch in mainland France, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte or Saint-Martin is in breach of the legal or regulatory obligations for which the home state authority is competent, it shall report the…

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Article L532-20-1-B of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Where the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution or the Autorité des marchés financiers finds that an ISP with a branch in mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion, Mayotte or Saint-Martin is not complying with the disclosure requirements laid down in Article L. 532-20, the provisions of the second paragraph of Article L. 532-18-1 and Article L. 532-18-2 or the regulatory provisions adopted for their application, it shall…

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Article L532-20-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The provisions of the first paragraph of Article L. 532-18, the first paragraph of Article L. 532-18-1 and Articles L. 532-19 and L. 532-20 are applicable to management companies established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area which manage one or more UCITS governed by French law and authorised in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and…

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Article L532-20-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I.-A management company established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area which applies to manage a UCITS governed by French law and authorised in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 shall provide the following documents to the Autorité des marchés financiers: 1° The written agreement with the depositary referred…

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Article L532-21-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Where the Autorité des marchés financiers finds that a management company referred to in Article L. 532-20-1 with a branch or providing services in mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin is not complying with the rules it is responsible for ensuring compliance with, it shall require the management company concerned to put an end to this irregular situation and inform the competent authorities of…

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