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Article L533-24-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Investment services providers offering, recommending or marketing financial instruments:

1° Ensure that they understand the characteristics of these financial instruments and assess their compatibility with the needs of the clients to whom they provide investment services, in particular in relation to the defined target market;

2° Ensure that financial instruments are offered or recommended only in the interests of the client;

3° Review these financial instruments on a regular basis, taking into account any event that could materially affect the potential risk to the defined target market, in order to assess at least whether these instruments continue to meet the needs of the defined target market and whether the planned distribution strategy remains appropriate;

4° Where they do not design these financial instruments, have appropriate systems in place to obtain the information referred to in 3° of Article L. 533-24 and to understand the characteristics and identify the target market defined for each financial instrument.

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Article L533-24-1

Les prestataires de services d’investissement qui proposent, recommandent ou commercialisent des instruments financiers :

1° S’assurent qu’ils comprennent les caractéristiques de ces instruments financiers et évaluent la compatibilité de ceux-ci avec les besoins des clients auxquels ils fournissent des services d’investissement, notamment en fonction du marché cible défini ;

2° Veillent à ce que les instruments financiers ne soient proposés ou recommandés que dans l’intérêt du client ;

3° Examinent régulièrement ces instruments financiers, en tenant compte de tout événement qui pourrait influer sensiblement sur le risque potentiel pesant sur le marché cible défini, afin d’évaluer au minimum si ces instruments continuent de correspondre aux besoins du marché cible défini et si la stratégie de distribution prévue demeure appropriée ;

4° Lorsqu’ils ne conçoivent pas ces instruments financiers, se dotent de dispositifs appropriés afin d’obtenir les renseignements mentionnés au 3° de l’article L. 533-24 et pour comprendre les caractéristiques et identifier le marché cible défini pour chaque instrument financier.

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