A general-purpose investment fund may enter into the financial contracts referred to in 5° of I of Article L. 214-24-55 on the markets referred to in 1°, 2° or 3° of I of Article R. 214-32-18 or traded over-the-counter, under the following conditions :
1° These contracts relate to one or more of the following:
a) The assets referred to in article L. 214-24-55, including instruments with one or more of the characteristics of these assets ;
b) Interest rates ;
c) Exchange rates or currencies;
d) Financial indices meeting the conditions laid down in I of Article R. 214-32-25;
2° The counterparties to OTC financial contract transactions are either institutions acting as custodians for collective investment schemes, credit institutions whose registered office is in a Member State of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, investment firms whose registered office is in a Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, or authorised branches as referred to in I of Article L. 532-48;
3° The financial contracts may, at the initiative of the general-purpose investment fund, be sold, liquidated or closed at any time by means of a symmetrical transaction, at their market value, and are subject to a reliable and verifiable valuation on a daily basis, which is not based solely on the market prices given by the counterparty. This valuation meets the following criteria:
a) it is based on a current market value which has been reliably established for the instrument or, if such a value is not available, on a valuation model using a recognised and appropriate method ;
b) It is verified by one of the following entities:
i) An appropriate third party, independent of the co-contractor, which carries out this verification at an appropriate frequency and in such a way that the general purpose investment fund can control it ;
ii) A department of the general purpose investment fund which is independent of the operational functions and which is able to carry out this verification.