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Recommendation 5 Recommendation 6 Recommendation 7 Recommendation 8

Market selection

Recommendation 5

The major risks in Securities Systems should be mitigated by five key measures:

• the implementation of real delivery versus payment
• the adoption of a trade date plus one settlement cycle in a form that does not increase operational risk.
• the minimisation of funding and liquidity constraints by enabling stock lending and borrowing, broad based cross collateralisation, the use of repos and netting as appropriate
• the enforcement of scrip-less settlement
• the establishment of mandatory trade matching and settlement performance measures.

1.	Does the market use DvP settlement procedures in accordance with one of the recognised BIS models? If so, which one? If the model is not BIS model 1, are there plans to move to this model?	The market (RGV system) has implemented the BIS model 1 for DVP settlement procedures.
2.	Does the market have a rolling settlement cycle of T+3 or shorter for all exchange traded instruments?	Yes, a rolling settlement period of T+3 was implemented in late 2000.
3.	Could the market reduce the current settlement period to T+2 or below, without increasing fails rates? If so, how would this be achieved, and what plans are there to shorten the existing settlement cycle?	No plans to move to T+2 or below.
4.	Is matching of trade details achieved on trade date, at least for direct market participants; and by trade date plus one for indirect participants?	The technical features are in place. In reality however, matching occurs between trade date and T+3.
5.	Is the depository scrip-less, and, if not, is it working to enable scrip-less settlement?	Yes, the French market is scripless.
6.	Does the market allow partial settlements?	Yes, but it is a manual process.
7.	Can the depository accommodate same day turnarounds?	Yes.

Bank of International Settlements (BIS) Settlement Models

Model 1:	Systems that settle transfer instructions for both securities and funds on a trade-by-trade (gross) basis, with final (unconditional) transfer of securities from the seller to the buyer (delivery) occurring at the same time as final transfer of funds from the buyer to the seller (payment).
Model 2:	Systems that settle securities transfer instructions on a gross basis, with final transfer of securities from the seller to the buyer (delivery) occurring throughout the processing cycle, but settle funds transfer on a net basis, with final transfer of funds from the buyer to the seller (payment) occurring at the end of the processing cycle.
Model 3:	Systems that settle transfer instructions for both securities and funds on a net basis, with final transfers of both securities and funds occurring at the end of the processing cycle.