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(4) The issuance of bonds is crucial in order to raise capital and to overcome the COVID-19 crisis. Product governance requirements can restrict the sale of bonds. Bonds with no other embedded derivative than a make-whole clause are generally considered safe and simple products that are eligible for retail clients. In the event of its early redemption, a bond with no other embedded derivative than a make-whole clause protects investors against losses by ensuring that those investors are provided with a payment equal to the sum of the net present value of the remaining coupon payments and the principal amount of the bond that they would have received if the bond had not been called. Product governance requirements should therefore no longer apply to bonds with no other embedded derivative than a make-whole clause. In addition, eligible counterparties are considered to have sufficient knowledge of financial instruments. It is therefore justified to exempt eligible counterparties from the product governance requirements applicable to financial instruments exclusively marketed or distributed to them.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.