Where the client of one of the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 is a collective investment scheme within the meaning of I of Article L. 214-1, “beneficial owner” within the meaning of 1° of Article L. 561-2-2, means the natural person(s) who either directly or indirectly holds more than 25% of the units, shares or voting rights of the collective investment scheme, or exercises, by any other means, a power of control within the meaning of 3° and 4° of I of article L. 233-3 of the Commercial Code over the collective investment scheme or, if the latter is not a company, over the management company of this collective investment scheme.
Where no natural person has been identified in accordance with the criteria set out in the previous paragraph, and the person referred to in Article L. 561-2 has no suspicion of money laundering or terrorist financing in respect of the customer referred to in the previous paragraph, the beneficial owner is:
a) Where the collective investment scheme is a company, the natural person(s) legally represented in accordance with the provisions of Article R. 561-1, or where the collective investment scheme is managed by a management company, the natural person(s) effectively directing the management company within the meaning of 4 of II of Article L. 532-9;
b) Where the collective investment scheme is not a company, the natural person or persons who effectively manage the management company within the meaning of 4° of II of Article L. 532-9.