Investment services providers other than portfolio management companies which design financial instruments for sale to clients :
1° Maintain, apply and review a validation process for each financial instrument and for significant adaptations of existing financial instruments before they are marketed or distributed to clients. This validation process determines a defined target market of end clients within the relevant client category for each instrument and ensures that all relevant risks for this defined target market are assessed;
2° Ensure that financial instruments are designed in accordance with the validation process referred to in 1° and that the distribution strategy for these instruments is compatible with the defined target market;
3° Make available to any distributor all relevant information on the financial instruments and their validation process, including the defined target market;
4° Take reasonable steps to ensure that the financial instruments are distributed to the defined target market.