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Article 9 - Eligible assets

Article 9

Eligible assets

1.  

An MMF shall invest only in one or more of the following categories of financial assets and only under the conditions specified in this Regulation:

(a) 

money market instruments including financial instruments issued or guaranteed separately or jointly by the Union, the national, regional and local administrations of the Member States or their central banks, the European Central Bank, the European Investment Bank, the European Investment Fund, the European Stability Mechanism, the European Financial Stability Facility, a central authority or central bank of a third country, the International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Council of Europe Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Bank for International Settlements or any other relevant international financial institution or organisation to which one or more Member States belong;

(b) 

eligible securitisations and asset-backed commercial paper (ABCPs);

(c) 

deposits with credit institutions;

(d) 

financial derivative instruments;

(e) 

repurchase agreements that fulfil the conditions set out in Article 14;

(f) 

reverse repurchase agreements that fulfil the conditions set out in Article 15;

(g) 

units or shares of other MMFs.

2.  

An MMF shall not undertake any of the following activities:

(a) 

investing in assets other than those referred to in paragraph 1;

(b) 

short sale of any of the following instruments: money market instruments, securitisations, ABCPs and units or shares of other MMFs;

(c) 

taking direct or indirect exposure to equity or commodities, including via derivatives, certificates representing them, indices based on them, or any other means or instrument that would give an exposure to them;

(d) 

entering into securities lending agreements or securities borrowing agreements, or any other agreement that would encumber the assets of the MMF;

(e) 

borrowing and lending cash.

3.  
An MMF may hold ancillary liquid assets in accordance with Article 50(2) of Directive 2009/65/EC.