20 January 2025 | Article | Our priorities for Action and Supervision Each year, the AMF publishes its action and supervisory priorities. Aiming to guide the action of the AMF throughout the year, these priorities reflect the requirements of the Institution which works daily to protect investors and the attractiveness of the Paris financial center thanks to quality control. … Priorities) Action 2. Enhancing the efficiency of the AMF's enforcement work Action 3. Facilitating intermediation … and Investments Union (SIU) Action 5. Continuing the AMF's efforts to the benefit of financial stability Action 6. … Our priorities for Action and Supervision … Strategy … AMF activity … Institutional … |
16 January 2025 | News | Pilot Regime: the AMF publishes an in-depth report on the implementation of the regulation To support the implementation of the Pilot Regime for DLT market infrastructures, the AMF has published an in-depth report describing the main measures of the European regulation and the exemptions it grants under existing frameworks. It also provides a reminder on how to submit an application to the French financial authorities. … Pilot Regime: the AMF publishes an in-depth report on the implementation of the … outlined above, the in-depth report published by the AMF sets out the French legal framework applicable to DLT … and the contact points according to the status or activity sought. … Read more … In-Depth report on the Pilot … |
16 January 2025 | In-depth | The Regulation on a Pilot Regime for market infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology As part of a series of measures related to digital finance in Europe (Digital Finance Package), Regulation (EU) 2022/858 on a pilot regime for market infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology (Pilot Regime Regulation, or PRR) allows existing or new market infrastructures to use distributed ledger technology (DLT) in a simplified… … to operate with the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) or the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution … the Pilot Regime Regulation are exceeded; a reduction in activity or withdrawal of permission; a withdrawal or … Regulation and the French Monetary and Financial Code. The AMF General Regulation sets out in detail the conditions for … |
14 January 2025 | Article | Our Governance The Autorité des Marchés Financiers has two distinct collegial bodies: the Board, chaired by the AMF Chair, and the Enforcement Committee. The Chair appoints a Secretary General. Focus on our governance. … Our Governance … The AMF’s governance bodies … The Board … This is the AMF’s main decision-making body. It is chaired by the Chair … … Listed companies and issuers … Our Governance … AMF activity … Institutional … |
30 December 2024 | Policy | Position - Recommendation DOC-2020-03 - Information to be provided by collective investment schemes incorporating non-financial approaches Position-Recommendation DOC-2020-03 sets out the information on the consideration of non-financial criteria that French collective investment undertakings and foreign UCITS authorised for marketing in France may disclose. These provisions are described for the various regulatory documents (key investor information documents, prospectus) and… … 1 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1156 Article 319-3 1° of the AMF General Regulation Article 321-100 of the AMF General Regulation Article 411-126 of the AMF General … of cases, the use of a filter excluding certain sectors of activity cannot be considered sufficient to make … |
20 December 2024 | Article | Make my reporting, notifications and disclosure to the AMF MiFID II transaction reporting, annual RCSI questionnaire, suspicious transaction reporting, disclosure of net short positions, notifications under CSDR, MAR or EMIR. Find here the list of your reporting obligations and the procedures for submission to the AMF for each type of information. … Make my reporting, notifications and disclosure to the AMF … MiFID II transaction reporting … The regulations, in … must send this questionnaire to the address rdt [at] amf-france.org (rdt[at]amf-france[dot]org) . This … delegate all tasks related to the custody-account keeping activity, you can use the form letter template (in French … |
18 December 2024 | Policy | Position - Recommendation DOC-2012-19 - … 317-2, 317-4, 317-3, 317-5, 317-7, 318-1 and 318-58 of the AMF General Regulation Position Recommendation Programme of … 317-2, 317-4, 317-3, 317-5, 317-7, 318-1 and 318-58 of the AMF General Regulation Position Recommendation Programme of … vehicle * Asset management company A- Management activity Management of UCITS as defined by Directive … |
17 December 2024 | Article | Obtaining a DASP registration/optional licensing Do you want to know in which cases registration with the AMF as a Digital Asset Service Provider (DASP) is mandatory? To obtain an optional licensing? You will find all the information on the subject here, together with the list of registered DASPs and the list of DASPs licensed by the AMF. … of contracts. … In which cases is registration with the AMF mandatory? … Mandatory registration for four services … … assets; you shall mandatorily register first with the AMF. This obligation applies to DASPs established in France … information and documents according to the planned activity and the nature of the approvals that you are … |
10 December 2024 | AMF news release | Faced with dense and complex information, the AMF is encouraging financial institutions to continue their efforts to improve the transparency of their Taxonomy reporting In a report covering the first alignment reporting of seven French banks and insurers, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers presents an overview of the practices observed and the obligations arising from the EU Taxonomy Regulation. It also looks at the main difficulties encountered by these financial institutions. … Faced with dense and complex information, the AMF is encouraging financial institutions to continue their … the 2023-2027 period, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) is committed to promoting more sustainable finance, both … activities. To be considered sustainable, an economic activity must fall within the scope of the Taxonomy (which is … |
29 November 2024 | In-depth | The European regulation Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) Crypto-asset services requiring authorisation, obligations to be met, procedures for submitting a crypto-asset service provider (CASP) application, notification of offers to the public and admission to trading of crypto-assets, provisions relating to market abuse: in this "in-depth" you will find the main provisions of the European regulation on… … providers (CASPs), authorised prior to carrying on their activity, may provide crypto-asset services, as follows: … service provider, with a view to pre-examination by the AMF. MiCA authorisation cannot be granted until the … of MiCA). Applications can be sent by e-mail to psan [at] amf-france.org (psan[at]amf-france[dot]org) . The regulatory … |
