7. An institution that redeems a deposit type instrument before the end of the investment period must, before redeeming the instrument, disclose to the person to whom the instrument was issued the amount of the principal and accrued interest, any penalty or charge for the redemption and the net amount payable by the institution on redemption.

(e) any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness, share, stock, unit, unit certificate, participation certificate, certificate of share or interest, preorganization certificate or subscription other than a contract of insurance issued by an insurance company or a fraternal benefit society incorporated or formed under the Insurance Companies Act or an insurance corporation incorporated by or under an Act of the legislature of a province, and an evidence of deposit issued by a bank, by an association to which the Cooperative Credit Associations Act applies, a central cooperative credit society for which an order has been made under subsection 473(1) of that Act or a ...[+++]cooperative credit society incorporated and regulated by or under an Act of the legislature of a province or by a body corporate to which the Trust and Loan Companies Act applies or a trust or loan corporation incorporated by or under an Act of the legislature of a province; (f) any agreement under which the interest of the purchaser is valued for purposes of conversion or surrender by reference to the value of a proportionate interest in a specified portfolio of assets, except a contract issued by an insurance company or a fraternal benefit society incorporated or formed under the Insurance Companies Act or an insurance corporation incorporated by or under an Act of the legislature of a province, which provides for payment at maturity of an amount not less than three quarters of the premiums paid by the purchaser for a benefit payable at maturity; (g) any agreement providing that money received will be repaid or treated as a subscription to shares, stock, units or interests at the option of the recipient or of any person or company; (h) any certificate of share or interest in a trust, estate or association; (i) any profit-sharing agreement or certificate;

Faxes, delivery by hand, incomplete or insufficiently detailed dossiers or dossiers sent in several parts will not be accepted.

The Commission has taken note of the Spanish Government's willingness to subject Iberia's buy-back option of the various holdings sold to Andes holding BV, even during the period of due diligence, to the dual condition that after any repurchase of this kind the market value of the share capital of the whole of the group is at least 30 % of the group's enterprise value and that a private investor also has a sizeable share, directly or indirectly, in t ...[+++]he operation in question, yet without Iberia's exercising its buy-back option so as immediately to resell the assets in question to third parties.

In the Third Life Directive, for example, we want to oblige insurers to indicate to potential policyholders all the essential characteristics of their products, such as surrender and paid-up values, profit-sharing arrangements and cancellation clauses.

Deposit-takers tend to deal with their clients directly whereas life insurers have unique retail distribution networks consisting of life insurance agents and brokers, as well as wholesale distribution channels with banks, credit unions, Caisses Populaires, trust and loan companies and securities dealers.