‘The above provisions concerning close links do not apply to: (a) close links between the counterparty and an EEA public sector entity which has the right to levy taxes, or in the case where a debt instrument is guaranteed by an EEA public sector entity which has the right to levy taxes; (b) covered bank bonds issued in accordance with the criteria set out in Article 22(4) of the UCITS Directive; or (c) cases in which debt instruments are protected by specific legal safeguards comparable to those instruments given under (b) such as ...[+++]in the case of (i) non-marketable RMBDs which are not securities; or (ii) residential real estate loan-backed structured covered bank bonds or commercial mortgage loan-backed structured covered bank bonds, i.e. certain covered bank bonds not declared UCITS compliant by the European Commission, that fulfil all the criteria that apply to asset-backed securities, as set out in Sections 6.2 and 6.3 and the following additional criteria (2):

2. Where a UCITS is managed by a management company situated in a Member State other than the UCITS home Member State, the competent authorities of the management company’s home Member State shall immediately notify the competent authorities of the UCITS home Member State that the ability of a management company to properly perform its duties with respect to the UCITS it manages may be materially adversely affected or that the management company does not fulfil the requirements set out in Chapter III of Directive 2009/65/EC.

The agreement between the master UCITS and the feeder UCITS should take account of the specific needs of the feeder UCITS, which invests at least 85 % of its assets in the master UCITS, while at the same time remaining subject to all obligations as a UCITS.

Member States shall require that the feeder UCITS or, when applicable, the management company of the feeder UCITS be in charge of communicating to the depositary of the feeder UCITS any information about the master UCITS which is required for the completion of the duties of the depositary of the feeder UCITS.

In order to allow the feeder UCITS to act in the best interests of its unit-holders and notably place it in a position to obtain from the master UCITS all information and documents necessary to perform its obligations, the feeder and the master UCITS should enter into a binding and enforceable agreement.

Whereas new portfolio management techniques for collective investment undertakings investing primarily in shares are based on the replication of stock-indices and/or indices on debt securities ; whereas it is desirable to permit UCITS to replicate well known and recognised stock-indices; whereas therefore it is necessary to introduce more flexible risk-spreading rules for UCITS investing in shares and/or debt securities ; whereas in order to ensure transparency of the stock-indices which the Member States consider to be replicable by harmonised UCITS and a wide acceptance of such indices, it is desirable to provide for adequate publication of the list of repl ...[+++]icable stock-indices and an indication about where updated information can be obtained, possibly by electronic means ;