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Article 2 - Regulation 346/2013 (EuSEF Regulation)

Article 2

1.   This Regulation applies to managers of collective investment undertakings as defined in point (a) of Article 3(1) that meet the following conditions:

(a)

their assets under management in total do not exceed the threshold referred to in point (b) of Article 3(2) of Directive 2011/61/EU;

(b)

they are established in the Union;

(c)

they are subject to registration with the competent authorities of their home Member State in accordance with point (a) of Article 3(3) of Directive 2011/61/EU; and

(d)

they manage portfolios of qualifying social entrepreneurship funds.

2.   Where the total assets under management of managers of qualifying social entrepreneurship fund registered in accordance with Article 15 subsequently exceed the threshold referred to in point (b) of Article 3(2) of Directive 2011/61/EU, and where those managers are therefore subject to authorisation in accordance with Article 6 of that Directive, they may continue to use the designation ‘EuSEF’ in relation to the marketing of qualifying social entrepreneurship funds in the Union provided that, at all times in relation to the qualifying social entrepreneurship funds that they manage, they:

(a)

comply with the requirements laid down in Directive 2011/61/EU; and

(b)

continue to comply with Articles 3, 5, 10, Article 13(2) and points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 14(1) of this Regulation.

3.   Where managers of qualifying social entrepreneurship funds are external managers and are registered in accordance with Article 15, they may additionally manage undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS), subject to authorisation under Directive 2009/65/EC.