I. – This section applies to
1° to financial instruments traded on a trading venue or for which a request for admission to trading on a trading venue has been submitted ;
2° Financial instruments other than those referred to in 1° whose price or value depends on the price or value of a financial instrument referred to in 1° or whose price or value has an effect on the price or value of a financial instrument referred to in 1°;
3° The units mentioned inarticle L. 229-7 of the Environmental Code.
II. – Articles L. 465-3-1 and L. 465-3-2 of this Code also apply to:
1° Spot commodity contracts, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(15) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directives 2003/124/EC, 2003/125/EC and 2004/72/EC, which are not wholesale energy products, within the meaning of Article 2(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 concerning the integrity and transparency of the wholesale energy market, where the transaction, behaviour or dissemination has or is likely to have an effect on the price or value of a financial instrument mentioned in I of this Article ;
2° To financial instruments whose price or value has an effect on the price or value of a spot commodity contract, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(15) of the aforementioned Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014, where the transaction, behaviour or dissemination has or is likely to have an effect on the price or value of the spot commodity contract.
III. – This section does not apply:
1° To buyback transactions by companies of their own shares, within the meaning of Articles L. 225-206 to L. 225-216 of the French Commercial Code, where such transactions are carried out in accordance with 1 to 3 of Article 5 of the aforementioned Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 ;
2° Stabilisation transactions, within the meaning of Article 3(2)(d) of the same Regulation, involving the financial instruments referred to in a and b of the same 2, when these transactions are carried out in accordance with Article 5(4) and (5) of the said Regulation ;
3° Transactions or behaviour mentioned in 1 to 4 of Article 6 of the same Regulation.