I. – An open-ended investment company (société d’investissement à capital variable) or a management company acting on behalf of all the UCITS it manages shall not acquire shares carrying voting rights enabling it to exercise significant influence over the management of an issuer.
II. – A UCITS may not hold more than :
1° 10% of the non-voting equity securities of any one issuer ;
2° 10% of the debt securities of any one issuer ;
3° 25% of the units or shares of any single undertaking for collective investment governed by French or foreign law or any single investment fund governed by foreign law;
4° 10% of money market instruments issued by the same issuer.
The limits laid down in 2°, 3° and 4° may not be complied with at the time of acquisition if, at that time, the gross amount of the debt securities or money market instruments, or the net amount of the securities issued, cannot be calculated.
III. – Derogations may be made from I and II of this article in respect of :
1° Eligible financial securities and money market instruments issued or guaranteed by a Member State or by its local authorities ;
2° Eligible financial securities and money market instruments issued or guaranteed by a third country;
3° Eligible financial securities and money market instruments issued by a public international body to which one or more Member States belong;
4° Shares held by a UCITS in the capital of a company incorporated in a third country which invests its assets mainly in the securities of issuers having their registered office in that country where, under the law of that country, such a holding constitutes the only possibility for the UCITS to invest in the securities of issuers from that country;
5° Shares held by one or more investment companies in the capital of subsidiary companies carrying on only management, advisory or marketing activities in the country where the subsidiary is established, with regard to the redemption of units at the request of unitholders exclusively on its or their behalf.
The derogation referred to in 4° is only applicable on condition that the third-country company’s investment policy complies with the limits set by articles R. 214-21, R. 214-24, R. 214-25 and by I and II of this article.