Instruction No. 2015-I-12 of April 21, 2015, regarding the communication to the ACPR of the international LEI by insurance entities

PRUDENTIAL SUPERVISION AND RESOLUTION AUTHORITY

Instruction No. 2015-I-12 of April 21, 2015 regarding the communication to the ACPR of the international "Legal Entity Identifier" by insurance entities, modified by Instructions No. 2019-I-09 of April 18, 2019, No. 2021-I-23 of December 16, 2021, and No. 2024-I-11 of October 21, 2024

The Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority, Having regard to the Monetary and Financial Code, particularly Article L. 612-24; Having regard to the Insurance Code; Having regard to the Mutual Code;

Having regard to the Social Security Code; Having regard to the opinion of the Consultative Committee on Prudential Affairs of March 3, 2015; Having regard to Ordinance No. 2015-378 of April 2, 2015, transposing Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of November 25, 2009 on the access to and exercise of the activities of insurance and reinsurance (Solvency II); Having regard to the guidelines on the use of the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) by the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) of October 20, 2014,

DECIDES

Article 1

This Instruction applies, for French companies and branches, to: 1° The companies referred to in points 1°, 3°, and 4° of Article L. 310-2 of the Insurance Code; 2° The companies referred to in paragraph II of Article L. 310-1-1 of the Insurance Code; 3° The securitization vehicles referred to in Article L. 310-1-2 of the Insurance Code; 4° Mutual societies and unions governed by Book II of the Mutual Code and unions managing the federal guarantee systems referred to in Article L. 111-6 of the Mutual Code, as well as group mutual unions referred to in Article L. 111-4-2 of the same Code;

5° Provident institutions, unions, and joint provident groups governed by Title III of Book IX of the Social Security Code and group social protection insurance companies referred to in Article 931-2-2 of the Social Security Code in its version resulting from Ordinance No. 2015-378 of April 2, 2015;

6° Group insurance companies and mixed group insurance companies referred to in Article L. 322-1-2 of the Insurance Code. 7° Additional professional pension funds, additional professional pension institutions, or mutual societies or unions of additional professional pensions.

Article 2

The insurance entities subject to the provisions of Article 1 of this Instruction (excluding European passports) must declare their Legal Entity Identifier to the Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority (ACPR). If the subject entity is a branch established in France of an establishment with its registered office outside the European Economic Area, it must also communicate to the ACPR the Legal Entity Identifier assigned, where applicable, to its parent company.

Entities with their registered office in a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, acting as a branch or by way of the free provision of services in France, must inform the ACPR - via their national supervisory authority - of the Legal Entity Identifier issued to them.

These entities must also communicate to the ACPR, under the same conditions, the Legal Entity Identifier assigned to their branches operating in France.

To this end, they send to the ACPR the standard file "Legal Entity Identifier Declaration Form" appearing in the annex to this Instruction, accompanied by supporting documentation (certificate, invoice) provided upon obtaining the identifier.

This file, duly completed and signed, must be sent to the ACPR in electronic format by depositing it at the following address: https://acpr-portail.banque-france.fr Article 3

The insurance entities subject to the provisions of Article 1 of this Instruction must indicate their Legal Entity Identifier to the ACPR in all documents addressed to it.

Article 4 This Instruction enters into force upon its publication. Paris, April 21, 2015 The President of the Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority, [Robert OPHÈLE]