I. – The resolution board may use a bridging institution to acquire, on one or more occasions, on a provisional basis and with a view to a sale under the conditions it sets, in compliance with competition rules, all or part of the assets, rights or obligations of a person subject to a resolution procedure, the equity securities referred to in Chapter II of Title I of Book II or other ownership securities it has issued.
II. – Any transfer to the benefit of the bridge institution requires its prior agreement.
III. – The bridge institution is wholly or partially owned by one or more public entities.
The collège de résolution shall exercise all the rights associated with the holding of shares or other forms of ownership. The implementation of an internal bail-out measure pursuant to I of Article L. 613-55 shall not prevent the exercise of these rights.
IV. – When using a bridge institution, the resolution college shall ensure that the total value of the liabilities and commitments transferred to the bridge institution does not exceed the total value of the assets and rights transferred.
V. – In the performance of its duties, the bridge institution shall have no obligation or liability to the holders of equity or other ownership interests or to the creditors of the person subject to the resolution procedure.