I. – A portfolio management company referred to in I of Article L. 532-25-1 that intends to establish a branch for the first time in another Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area shall send the Autorité des marchés financiers documentation containing the following information:
1° The State in which it intends to establish a branch ;
2° A programme of operations setting out, in particular, the investment and other services it intends to provide and identifying the AIF it intends to manage;
3° The organisation of the branch;
4° The address, in the home state of the AIF, from which documents may be obtained;
5° The name and contact details of the persons responsible for managing the branch.
II. – Within two months of receiving the complete documentation referred to in I, the AMF shall forward this documentation to the competent authorities of the host country of the portfolio management company.
This documentation will only be sent if the management of the AIF by the portfolio management company complies with the legal and regulatory provisions in force and if the portfolio management company complies with these provisions.
The AMF will attach to the documentation a certificate stating that it has granted authorisation to the portfolio management company and will notify the latter without delay of the transmission of the file.
Upon receipt of notification of transmission, the portfolio management company may begin providing its services in its host country.
III. – When a portfolio management company plans to amend any of the information mentioned in I, it shall notify the Autorité des marchés financiers in writing at least one month before the amendment is made, or immediately after it is made in the case of an unforeseen amendment.
If a planned modification would result in the management of the AIF by the portfolio management company no longer complying with the legislative or regulatory provisions to which this activity is subject, or in the portfolio management company no longer complying with the legislative or regulatory provisions to which it is subject, the AMF shall inform the portfolio management company within fifteen working days of receiving all the information referred to in the first paragraph that it must not proceed with the modification.
In the event that a planned modification is implemented in disregard of the two preceding paragraphs or if an unforeseen modification has taken place as a result of which the management of the AIF by the portfolio management company would no longer comply with the legislative or regulatory provisions to which this activity is subject or the portfolio management company would no longer comply with the legislative or regulatory provisions to which it is subject, the Autorité des marchés financiers shall take all necessary measures and shall immediately inform the competent authority of the host state of the portfolio management company.
Where the modifications are permissible because they do not affect the compliance of the management of the AIF by the portfolio management company with the laws or regulations to which that activity is subject or the compliance of the portfolio management company with the laws or regulations to which it is subject, the AMF shall inform the competent authorities of the portfolio management company’s host state of such modifications without delay.