Tax & Finance

#2010-76Ordinance No. 2010-76 on the Merger of Banking and Insurance Regulatory Authorities

🇫🇷France··Other·High Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This law merges banking and insurance regulatory authorities into a single body to oversee financial stability and customer protection. It establishes the Prudential Supervision Authority to monitor compliance with financial regulations and ensure entities like banks, insurers, and investment firms adhere to solvency and liquidity requirements. The law provides the authority with control and sanction powers, and emphasizes international cooperation within the European Economic Area.

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Key Changes

  • Creation of the Prudential Supervision Authority
  • Merger of banking and insurance regulatory authorities
  • Focus on financial stability and customer protection

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Regulated entities must comply with solvency requirements as monitored and enforced by the Prudential Supervision Authority (Autorité de contrôle prudentiel)

Banks, insurers, investment firms, payment institutions, and other financial entities listed in Article L. 612-2
operational
high

Regulated entities must comply with liquidity preservation rules for banking, payment services, and investment service entities as specified in Article L. 612-2(I.A.1°-4°)

Credit institutions, investment enterprises, payment institutions, and financial holding companies
operational
high

Insurance enterprises, mutual associations, and provident institutions must maintain capacity to fulfill commitments to policyholders, members, beneficiaries, and reinsured enterprises at all times

Direct insurance enterprises, reinsurance enterprises, mutual associations, provident institutions, and group insurance entities
operational
high

Regulated entities must implement adequate means and procedures to ensure customer, policyholder, member, and beneficiary protection in accordance with applicable legislative, regulatory provisions and professional best practices

All persons subject to Prudential Supervision Authority control under Article L. 612-2
operational
high

Regulated entities must submit to permanent financial surveillance by the Prudential Supervision Authority regarding their financial situation and operating conditions

All entities listed in Article L. 612-2(I) and (II)
reporting

Affected Parties

BanksInsurance companies

Tags

regulation,financial stability,customer protection