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Autorité des Marchés Financiers

AMF · Securities regulator

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Employees

~550

2024

Annual budget

€130M

2024

Supervised entities

~700

2024 (asset managers + investment firms)

Overview

France's securities and asset-management regulator. Ran the PSAN (crypto service provider) registration regime that pre-dated MiCA; now the French competent authority for MiCA CASP authorisation. Also supervises French asset managers, investment firms, and listed markets (Euronext Paris).

Mandate

Ensure orderly functioning of French financial markets, protect investors, and provide investors with adequate information.

Regulated sectors

Investment firmsAsset managersCrypto-asset service providersSecurities marketsMarket infrastructure

Leadership

  • Marie-Anne Barbat-LayaniChair · since 2022

Key legislation

  • Code monétaire et financier

    General framework

  • Règlement général de l'AMF

    AMF general regulation

  • MiCA implementation

    France's competent authority under MiCA

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Application portals

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Data last updated: 2026-06-15 · Sources: www.amf-france.org + ComplyBridge researchActivity Index methodology →

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