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(57) Where the PEPP provider is an IORP or an EU Alternative Investment Fund Manager (EU AIFM), it should appoint a depositary in relation to the safekeeping of the assets corresponding to the PEPP provision business. Additional safeguards are needed in relation to the entity acting as a depositary and its functions as currently the rules set out in relation to the depositary in Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on Alternative Investment Fund Managers and amending Directives 2003/41/EC and 2009/65/EC and Regulations (EC) No 1060/2009 and (EU) No 1095/2010 (OJ L 174, 1.7.2011, p. 1). are targeted to funds marketed only to professional investors, with the exception of European long-term investment funds under Regulation (EU) 2015/760 of the European Parliament and of the Council Regulation (EU) 2015/760 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on European long-term investment funds (OJ L 123, 19.5.2015, p. 98). , marketed to retail investors, and the sectorial law applicable to IORPs does not require appointment of a depositary in all cases. In order to ensure the highest level of investor protection in relation to the safekeeping of assets corresponding to the PEPP provision business, this Regulation requires IORPs and EU AIFM providing PEPP to follow the rules of Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) (OJ L 302, 17.11.2009, p. 32). as regards the appointment of the depositary, the execution of its tasks and its oversight duties.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-30 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.