French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority

The French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority (French: Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, ACPR), formerly known as Prudential Supervision Authority (French: Autorité de contrôle prudentiel, ACP), is a financial supervisory authority within the Bank of France, which exercises prudential supervision of regulated French financial firms such as banks and insurance companies.

Under European Union policy frameworks, the ACPR is the national competent authority for France within European Banking Supervision. It is a voting member of the respective Boards of Supervisors of the European Banking Authority (EBA) and European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA), It is France's designated National Resolution Authority and plenary session member of the Single Resolution Board (SRB). It provides the permanent single common representative for France in the Supervisory composition of the General Board of the Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA). It is also a member of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB).

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