When the Board decides to initiate sanction proceedings, the statement of objections is sent to the respondent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, by hand delivery against a receipt or by bailiff’s deed, or by any other means that ensures the date of receipt, together with the investigation or inspection report or the request made by the Chairman of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.
The statement of objections shall state that the respondent will be deemed to have received any subsequent notification sent to it at the address at which it received the statement of objections or, as the case may be, at the last address notified by it to the secretariat of the Commission by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.
The statement of objections is forwarded to the chairman of the Enforcement Committee.
The respondent has two months in which to submit its written observations to the chairman of the Enforcement Committee on the objections that have been notified to it. The statement of objections shall mention this time limit and specify that the respondent may obtain a copy of the other documents in the file from the Enforcement Committee and be assisted or represented by any counsel of its choice.
The member of the Enforcement Committee referred to in the third paragraph of I of Article L. 621-15 or his or her representative appointed pursuant to this provision, who has access to all the documents in the case file, receives a copy of the respondent’s written observations on the complaints notified to him or her from the Enforcement Committee’s secretariat and may respond in writing. These written observations are communicated to the respondent.