The Board of Directors or the Management Board may temporarily suspend the repurchase by the company of its shares, when exceptional circumstances so require and if the interests of all shareholders so dictate, in accordance with the conditions set out in the general regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers.
The general regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers shall determine the cases in which, and the conditions under which, the articles of association of a société de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable (open-ended real estate investment company with predominantly variable capital) may provide for the temporary suspension of the issue of shares.
It also lays down the cases in which and the conditions under which the articles of association of a société de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable may provide, without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 214-61-1, that the repurchase of shares is provisionally capped when exceptional circumstances so require and if the interests of shareholders or the public so dictate.