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Article L533-24 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Investment services providers other than portfolio management companies which design financial instruments for sale to clients :

1° Maintain, apply and review a validation process for each financial instrument and for significant adaptations of existing financial instruments before they are marketed or distributed to clients. This validation process determines a defined target market of end clients within the relevant client category for each instrument and ensures that all relevant risks for this defined target market are assessed;

2° Ensure that financial instruments are designed in accordance with the validation process referred to in 1° and that the distribution strategy for these instruments is compatible with the defined target market;

3° Make available to any distributor all relevant information on the financial instruments and their validation process, including the defined target market;

4° Take reasonable steps to ensure that the financial instruments are distributed to the defined target market.

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Article L533-24

Les prestataires de services d’investissement autres que les sociétés de gestion de portefeuille qui conçoivent des instruments financiers destinés à la vente aux clients :

1° Maintiennent, appliquent et révisent un processus de validation de chaque instrument financier et des adaptations notables des instruments financiers existants avant leur commercialisation ou leur distribution aux clients. Ce processus de validation détermine un marché cible défini de clients finaux à l’intérieur de la catégorie de clients concernée pour chaque instrument et permet de s’assurer que tous les risques pertinents pour ce marché cible défini sont évalués ;

2° Veillent à ce que les instruments financiers soient conçus conformément au processus de validation mentionné au 1° et que la stratégie de distribution de ces instruments soit compatible avec le marché cible défini ;

3° Mettent à la disposition de tout distributeur tous les renseignements utiles sur les instruments financiers et leur processus de validation, y compris le marché cible défini ;

4° Prennent des mesures raisonnables afin de s’assurer que les instruments financiers sont distribués auprès du marché cible défini

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