I. – A general purpose investment fund may not grant loans or act as guarantor on behalf of third parties.
It may, however, acquire financial instruments referred to in article L. 214-24-55 which are not fully paid up.
II. – A general-purpose investment fund may, in order to achieve its management objective, receive or grant the guarantees mentioned in article L. 211-38, under the conditions defined in that same article, as well as receive joint and several guarantees or first demand guarantees.
The general-purpose investment fund may only receive guarantees if they are granted by an institution acting as custodian for a collective investment undertaking, a credit institution whose registered office is located in a Member State of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, an investment firm whose registered office is located in a Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, or an authorised branch referred to in I of article L. 532-48. The aforementioned authorised investment firms or branches must be authorised to provide the service referred to in 1 of Article L. 321-2 and have own funds, within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, of at least EUR 3.8 million, except where these guarantees are granted under the financial contracts referred to in Article R. 214-15.
Where the guarantees granted by a general-purpose investment fund are security interests, the deed constituting such security interests shall define:
1° The nature of the assets or rights that the beneficiary of the collateral may use or dispose of. Failing this, the beneficiary may only use or dispose of deposits, cash or financial instruments mentioned in 1°, 2° or 3° of I of article L. 214-24-55 ;
2° The maximum amount of assets or rights that the beneficiary of the collateral may use or dispose of. This maximum amount may not exceed 100% of the beneficiary’s claim on the general-purpose investment fund. The General Regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) specify the methods for calculating the beneficiary’s claim on the general-purpose investment fund.
The terms and conditions for valuing the assets or rights pledged as collateral by a general-purpose investment fund shall be defined in the instrument establishing the guarantees or in an ancillary agreement between the parties. In the absence of such valuation procedures, the collateral may only be deposits, cash or financial instruments mentioned in 1°, 2° or 3° of I of article L. 214-24-55. The General Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers shall specify the procedures for valuing the assets or rights provided as collateral by the general-purpose investment fund.
Where the collateral takes the form of deposits, these shall be made with a credit institution referred to in article R. 214-32-21. The other provisions of article R. 214-32-21 do not apply to these deposits, within the limits of counterparty risk coverage requirements.