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European Union -
Financial Conglomerates Directive
Article 17
Additional powers of the competent authorities
1. Pending further harmonisation between sectoral rules, the
Member States shall provide that their competent authorities shall
have the power to take any supervisory measure deemed necessary in
order to avoid or to deal with the circumvention of sectoral rules
by regulated entities in a financial conglomerate.
2. Without prejudice to their criminal law provisions, Member
States shall ensure that penalties or measures aimed at ending
observed breaches or the causes of such breaches may be imposed on
mixed financial holding companies, or their effective managers,
which infringe laws, regulations or administrative provisions
enacted to implement this Directive.
In certain cases, such measures may require the intervention of
the courts. The competent authorities shall cooperate closely to
ensure that such penalties or measures produce the desired
results.
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