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Article L211-11 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Accounts opened with a central depository may not be seized, even as a precautionary measure.

No compulsory execution or protective measures may be taken against an intermediary referred to in Article L. 211-3 in respect of financial securities held in an account opened in its name in the books of another intermediary referred to in the same Article, where such securities are not the property of the first intermediary.

Original in French 🇫🇷
Article L211-11
Aucune saisie, même à titre conservatoire, n’est admise sur les comptes ouverts auprès d’un dépositaire central.


Aucune mesure d’exécution forcée ou conservatoire menée à l’encontre d’un intermédiaire mentionné à l’article L. 211-3 n’est admise sur les titres financiers inscrits sur un compte, ouvert à son nom dans les livres d’un autre intermédiaire mentionné au même article, lorsqu’ils ne sont pas la propriété du premier intermédiaire.

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