Issuers shall make public a rating of their issuance programme, obtained from a specialised agency that meets the conditions laid down by the competent administrative authority or, where applicable, have a guarantor that meets the conditions laid down by order and has such a rating.
The following are exempt from this obligation
1° Credit institutions and investment firms established in the European Economic Area ;
2° The Caisse des dépôts et consignations ;
3° Issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market in the European Economic Area, or on a market outside the European Economic Area recognised as equivalent by the European Commission;
4° Securitisation undertakings which issue debt securities all conferring rights ranking pari passu. These securities are fully backed by claims that are eligible on a non-temporary basis for refinancing granted by the Eurosystem as part of its monetary policy, excluding any minimum nominal amount criteria. Where a securitisation undertaking comprises several compartments, all the compartments are subject to the criteria defined above, the absence of subordination of rights between the securities issued being assessed within each compartment. These securitisation vehicles appear on a list drawn up by order of the Minister for the Economy, with the approval of the Banque de France.