Article 411-135 into force from 17 April 2016 to 30 July 2021

A foreign UCITS that has been the subject of a notification in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 214-2-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code shall name one or more correspondents, including a centralising correspondent, that are established in France under the conditions set out by an AMF instruction.

The correspondent(s) shall belong to one of the categories referred to in Article L. 214-10-1, I of the Monetary and Financial Code.

The centralising correspondent and any other correspondent(s), where applicable, shall be under contract to provide the following financial services:

1. Processing subscription and redemption requests;

2. Paying coupons and dividends;

3. Making information documents available to investors;

4. Providing specific information to holders in the cases to be stipulated by an AMF instruction.

Where the UCITS is not accepted by the central depositary in France, the contract signed by the centralising correspondent and the UCITS may provide that the centralising correspondent may be responsible only for the service referred to in point 3°, and the UCITS shall ensure that the services listed under 1°, 2° and 4° are properly carried out. In this case, the UCITS informs the centralising correspondent that the tasks for which it is responsible have been carried out and sends a copy of the information mentioned in 4° to the centralising correspondent.

The centralising correspondent is responsible for payment of the fixed annual fee, in accordance with Article L. 621-5-3 of the Monetary and Financial Code.