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Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article D214-232 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The securitisation undertakings referred to in II of Article L. 214-167 are those whose purpose is to be exposed, in a proportion exceeding 50% of the undertaking’s assets under the conditions defined in Article D. 214-232-2, to risks in the form of either financial securities or any other asset which does not constitute exposure to an insurance or credit risk, in particular the receivables referred to in Article D. 214-219,…

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Article D214-232-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Notwithstanding the provisions of article D. 214-232, the following securitisation undertakings are excluded from the scope of II of article L. 214-167 : 1° Economic loan funds referred to in I ofarticle R. 332-14-2 of the Insurance Code; 2° Undertakings constituting one or more securitisation transactions within the meaning of Article 4(1)(61) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013; 3°…

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Article D214-232-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

For the purposes of calculating the 50% proportion referred to in Article D. 214-232, account is taken of exposures held directly or indirectly by the securitisation undertaking, including through any third party entity. The following assets and transactions are excluded from the calculation of the 50% proportion referred to in Article D. 214-232: 1° The purchase and holding on a temporary and ancillary basis of the liquid assets referred to…

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Article D214-232-3 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Any decision by the management company of a securitisation undertaking to buy and sell financial securities, to enter into, manage or terminate financial contracts or to modify all or part of the risks to which the securitisation undertaking is exposed by entering into such contracts does not fall within the discretionary management referred to in Article D. 214-232 when it is taken alternatively: 1° Under the conditions listed exhaustively in…

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Article D214-232-4 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The liquid assets referred to in a of 1° of Article R. 214-218 eligible for inclusion in the assets of the securitisation undertaking are : 1° Deposits made with a credit institution whose registered office is located in a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or a member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, which may be repaid or withdrawn at any time at…

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Article D214-233 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The securitisation undertaking’s custodian is responsible for the safekeeping of the cash and of the original deeds, or, failing this, copies, from which the undertaking’s receivables arise. However, the assignor or the entity responsible for collecting the receivables assigned to the securitisation undertaking may ensure the safekeeping of the deeds from which the receivables referred to in 1° of Article D. 214-219 arise, subject to the following cumulative conditions: 1°…

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Article R214-234 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The securitisation undertaking may grant the loans referred to in V of Article L. 214-175-1 under the conditions defined by Articles R. 214-203-1, R. 214-203-2, R. 214-203-3 with the exception of I, R. 214-203-4, R. 214-203-5 with the exception of III and R. 214-203-6 to R. 214-203-9. For the application of these articles, the securitisation undertaking is treated in the same way as a specialised professional fund and the holders…

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Article R214-234-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The securitisation mutual fund may issue negotiable debt securities and bonds or debt securities issued on the basis of foreign law. The fund rules specify the characteristics and terms of issue of the debt securities. The liabilities of a securitisation mutual fund comprise at all times a minimum number of two units. The minimum amount of a unit on issue is 150 euros or its equivalent in the monetary unit…

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Article R214-235 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The payment of sums due in respect of units issued by the fund is subordinated to the payment of sums due of any kind to holders of debt securities issued by the fund or to persons with whom loans have been contracted or commitments resulting from contracts constituting forward financial instruments entered into by the fund.

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