I. – The required information referred to in article L. 362-1 must be written in the French language and include the following information:
a) The name and address of the company’s registered office ;
b) The address of the branch in France from which the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and the Minister for the Economy and Finance may request information in the exercise of their powers;
c) The name and powers of the authorised agent;
d) A programme of operations;
e) If the company proposes to cover the risks defined in class 10 of article R. 321-1, with the exception of the carrier’s civil liability, a certificate of membership of the national insurance bureau referred to in article L. 421-15 of this code and of the Fonds national de garantie contre les accidents de circulation ;
g) A certificate from the competent authorities of the company’s home state, stating that it has the eligible own funds required to cover the Solvency Capital Requirement and the Minimum Capital Requirement.
II. – As soon as all the information referred to in I of this article has been duly received, an acknowledgement of receipt is sent to the supervisory authorities in the home country of the undertaking, who are responsible for notifying the undertaking. A letter may also be sent to these same authorities, indicating, where applicable, the conditions under which the branch may commence its activities.
The branch may commence its activities either as soon as the company has received notification from the supervisory authorities of its home State of the letter referred to in the previous paragraph or, in any event, on expiry of a period of two months from the date of the acknowledgement of receipt referred to in the previous paragraph.
III. – Any proposed change in the content of any of the information referred to in I of this article must be notified in advance by the undertaking in French to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution at least one month before the change is made.
A change in the nature and conditions of the activities of a branch in France may be made on the date of receipt by the Minister for the Economy of a file, in French, from the competent authorities of the home Member State of the company, containing those documents mentioned in I of this article which are subject to a change, or, if later, on the date on which the company plans to make the change.