Instruction No. 2021-I-19 of 6 December 2021 on applications for acquisition of control or qualified participations in investment firms

PRUDENTIAL CONTROL AND RESOLUTION AUTHORITY

Instruction No. 2021-I-19 on applications for acquisition of control or qualified participations in investment firms modified by Instruction No. 2024-I-13 of 24 October 2024

The Prudential Control and Resolution Authority (ACPR), Having regard to Delegated Regulation No. 2017/1946 of the Commission of 11 July 2017 supplementing Directives 2004/39/EC and 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regulatory technical standards concerning the exhaustive list of information that candidate acquirers must attach to the notification of the envisaged acquisition of a qualified participation in an investment firm; Having regard to the Monetary and Financial Code, particularly Articles L. 531-6 and L. 611-4 thereof; Having regard to the Order of 4 December 2017 on the approval, modification of status, withdrawal of approval, and deregistration of investment firms and similar establishments; Having regard to the opinion of the Prudential Affairs Consultative Committee of 16 November 2021,

DECIDES

Article 1:
The following are hereinafter referred to as "investment firms":

• investment firms referred to in Article L. 531-4 of the Monetary and Financial Code;

Article 2:
Investment firms that submit an application to the competent authority for the acquisition of control or a qualified participation must submit a complete application file to that authority using the form set out in the annex to this instruction.

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Article 3:
This form, together with any requested supplementary documents, must be completed electronically and submitted via the portal accessible at the following address:
https://acpr-portail.banque-france.fr

Article 4:
This instruction shall enter into force on the fifteenth day following its publication in the Official Register of the Prudential Control and Resolution Authority.

Paris, 6 December 2021
The Designated President,
Denis BEAU