Where, in the context of the transactions referred to in Article L. 143-1, the insurance undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-1 use references to credit ratings issued by credit rating agencies within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on credit rating agencies in their investment policies, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, taking into account the nature, scale and complexity of such transactions, monitor the adequacy of the firm’s credit assessment processes, assess the use of references to credit ratings and, where appropriate, encourage the mitigation of the effects of such references, with a view to reducing the exclusive and mechanical reliance on such credit ratings.