The Risk Committee advises the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Board or any other body exercising equivalent supervisory functions on the overall strategy of the credit institution or finance company and its current and future risk appetite.
It assists the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Board or any other body exercising equivalent supervisory functions when it monitors the implementation of this strategy by the persons mentioned in Article L. 511-13 and by the head of the risk management function.
In the case of a branch of a credit institution referred to in I of Article L. 511-10, the risk committee or the mechanism referred to in Article L. 511-89 communicates to the body of the credit institution to which the branch belongs, which exercises supervisory functions equivalent to those of a board of directors or a supervisory board, the information necessary to determine the branch’s strategy and its risk appetite, both current and future. The Risk Committee or the mechanism referred to in Article L. 511-89 shall monitor the implementation of this strategy by the persons referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 511-13 and by the head of the risk management function.