For the purposes of this Chapter, the following definitions shall apply
1° “Act of terrorism”: the acts defined in Article 1(4) of Council Regulation (EU) No 2580/2001 of 27 December 2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism;
2° “Funds”: financial assets and economic benefits of any kind, in particular :
a) Cash, claims on cash, drafts, payment orders and other payment instruments or means ;
b) Deposits of funds with the persons mentioned in Article L. 562-4, such as funds repayable from the public held or paid into deposit accounts, funds paid into a payment account, funds invested in savings products such as those governed by Title II of Book II, funds paid into individual or collective asset management contracts, and the balances of these accounts or contracts;
c) Funds paid into insurance contracts governed by Chapter II of Title III of Book I of the Insurance Code, as well as the surrender value of these contracts;
d) Receivables;
e) Financial instruments governed by Title I of Book II and their equivalent in foreign law, in particular debt securities, ownership and loan securities, such as shares, certificates representing securities, bonds, promissory notes, warrants, unsecured bonds and financial contracts;
f) Interest, dividends or other income from or gains on assets;
g) Credit transactions within the meaning of Article L. 313-1 or their equivalent under foreign law, in particular loans, endorsements, guarantees, performance bonds or any other financial commitment;
h) Letters of credit, bills of lading and sales contracts;
i) The right of set-off;
j) Any document evidencing the holding of shares in a fund or financial resources;
k) any export financing instrument;
3° “Economic resources”: assets of every kind, whether tangible or intangible, movable or immovable, which are not funds but may be used to obtain funds, goods or services. Also considered to be economic resources within the meaning of this chapter are insurance transactions that do not relate to the life and death or marriage and childbirth branches, that are not linked to investment funds, and that do not involve the formation of associations bringing together members with a view to pooling their contributions and distributing the assets thus accumulated either among the survivors, or among the heirs of the deceased, or that do not come under the capitalisation or management of collective funds or any collective operation defined in Section 1 of Chapter I of Title IV of Book IV of the Insurance Code;
4° “Ownership and control”: ownership and control within the meaning of 5° and 6° of Article 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 of 27 December 2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism;
5° “Freezing of funds” means preventing any change in their volume, amount, location, ownership, possession, character, destination or other change that would enable the funds to be used, including portfolio management;
6° “Freezing of economic resources”: any action to prevent their use to obtain funds, goods or services in any way, including selling, hiring or mortgaging them.