The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution referred to in Article L. 612-1 may, after obtaining the opinion of the central body of savings banks and banques populaires, grant collective authorisation to the Société centrale de crédit maritime mutuel for itself and for those regional banks or unions of maritime credit mutuals that have entered into an agreement with this company to guarantee their liquidity and solvency.
For the purposes of the regulations referred to in Article L. 611-1 and Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, the Société centrale de crédit maritime mutuel and the regional banks and unions that have entered into the agreement referred to in the above paragraph with the Société centrale de crédit maritime mutuel are considered to be a single credit institution.