I. – The application for authorisation referred to in article L. 313-21-1 is submitted to the secretariat of the Committee. A receipt will be issued as soon as all the documents required to examine the application have been received.
In its application, the company must submit :
1° A full copy of the entries in the Trade and Companies Register concerning the company;
2° Its skills, past activity and forecasts;
3° Its risk selection and monitoring rules, the name and contact details of the person responsible for monitoring the application of these rules, as well as the past and forecast loss ratio for the operations it supports or in which it takes a financial risk.
II. – The Committee verifies that the applicant company meets the following conditions:
1° The company has the necessary experience in supporting business development projects;
2° It has the necessary skills;
3° It has an internal risk control system.
The committee may also propose to the Minister that approval be made subject to compliance with certain conditions relating in particular to the company’s shareholding structure or level of equity capital.
III. – The Minister for the Economy decides on the application for authorisation after receiving the opinion of the Committee, which is deemed to have been given on expiry of a period of two months from the date of issue of the receipt referred to in the first paragraph of I. The Minister’s decision is taken within four months of the same date.