Before issuing negotiable debt securities for the first time, issuers must prepare financial documentation covering their business, their economic and financial situation and the issue programme. This financial documentation, drawn up in French, is filed with the Banque de France, which is responsible for ensuring that issuers comply with the issuance conditions set out in Article L. 213-3. A decree shall lay down the conditions for the application of this article and the cases and conditions in which the financial documentation may be drawn up in a language customary in financial matters other than French.