The law applicable to security interests in intermediated securities under OHADA law
In recent decades, the technical handling of custody business in the OHADA region has undergone a lasting change. There has been a shift from a direct to an indirect holding system, in which the interests of an investor in respect of the underlying securities are recorded in the books of an intermed...
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tübingen :
Mohr Siebeck
[2022]
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Edición: | 1st ed |
Colección: | Studien zum ausländischen und internationalen Privatrecht.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title
- Preface
- Foreword
- Summary of Contents
- Contents
- Tables and Figures
- Abbreviations
- General Introduction
- Part I - The Intermediary System in the Ohada Region
- Chapter 1: The Organisation for the Harmonisation of Business Law in Africa
- A. Historical Perspective
- B. Purpose of Ohada
- I. Contribution to Regional Integration in Africa
- II. Facilitating Investments and Improving the Economies of Its Members
- III. Unification in lieu of Harmonisation
- C. Ohada's Institutional Framework
- I. The Conference of Heads of State and Government
- II. The Council of Ministers
- 1. Composition
- 2. Functioning
- 3. Duties
- III. The Permanent Secretariat
- 1. Organisation
- 2. Duties
- IV. The Common Court of Justice and Arbitration (CCJA)
- 1. Composition
- 2. Functions
- 3. Challenges faced by the CCJA and Trends in the CCJA's Case Law
- a) Challenges faced by the CCJA
- b) Geographical Origins of the Appeals lodged before the CCJA
- V. The Regional School for Magistrates
- D. Instruments of OHADA
- I. Uniform Acts
- 1. Object of the Uniform Acts
- 2. The Process of Adopting Uniform Acts
- a) Drafting
- b) Advisory Opinion of the CCJA
- c) Final Adoption
- d) Exclusion of Legislative Authorities
- 3. Effects of the Uniform Acts on National Law
- a) Direct Applicability of the Uniform Acts
- b) Interpretation of Article 10 by the CCJA
- 4. Current Uniform Acts
- 5. Uniform Acts "in the Pipeline"
- II. Regulations
- III. Chronological Table of the Uniform Acts and the Regulations
- E. Summary and Evaluation
- Chapter 2: Basic Structure and Functioning of the Indirect Holding System in the OHADA Region
- A. Development of Commercial Practices in the OHADA Region regarding the Holding of Securities
- I. Traditional Direct Holding of Securities under OHADA Law.
- 1. Presentation of the Traditional Direct Holding System under OHADA Law
- 2. Advantages and Disadvantages of the Direct Holding System
- II. The Intermediated System under OHADA Law
- 1. Development in Commercial Practices
- 2. Regional and National Legislative Developments in Respect of the Law of Securities
- a) Status Quaestionis under OHADA Law
- (1) Revision of Uniform Acts at the Ohada Level
- (2) Centralisation and Immobilisation of Securities
- (3) Dematerialisation of Securities
- b) The New Act on the Dematerialisation of Securities under the Law of Cameroon
- (1) Presentation of the New Act on the Dematerialisation of Securities
- (2) Modalities for the Dematerialisation of Securities
- B. Basic Structure of Ohada's Indirect Holding System Compared to Existing Models of Intermediated Systems
- I. Introduction
- II. The Individual Ownership Model
- III. The Co-Ownership Model
- IV. The Trust Model
- V. The Security Entitlement Model
- VI. The Contractual Model
- VII. Identifying the Investor: Transparent and Non-transparent Systems
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Transparent Systems in Which the Holdings are Held in an Account with the CSD
- 3. Transparent Systems in Which the Holdings of the Investor are Identified in an Intermediary Account with the CSD
- 4. Transparent Systems in Which an Investor's Holdings are Held by an Intermediary in an Omnibus Account at the CSD
- C. Summary and Evaluation
- Part II - Reports on National, Regional, and International Substantive Law Rules in Respect of Security Interests in Intermediated Securities
- Chapter 1: The Pledge of Securities Accounts under the OHADA Uniform Act on Security Interests
- A. Introduction: Relevance of the 2010 Revision of the Uniform Act on Security Interests
- B. Scope of Application of Articles 146 et seq of the Uniform Act on Security Interests.
- I. Definition of the Pledge of Securities Accounts
- 1. Limited Material Scope
- 2. Pledges of "Securities Accounts" rather than of "Intermediated Securities"
- II. Relationship between the Provisions of the Different Uniform Acts applying to the Pledge of Securities Accounts
- 1. Provisions applying to the Pledge of Securities
- 2. Prevalence of the Uniform Act on Security Interests
- C. How a Pledge of a Securities Account is Constituted
- I. Requirement of a Declaration establishing the Pledge
- 1. The Declaration establishing the Pledge
- 2. Elements to Be Included in the Declaration establishing the Pledge
- a) Date of the Declaration
- b) Other Elements to Be Included in the Declaration
- II. The Requirement of a Prior Contract
- D. Basis of the Pledge
- I. The Contents of the Securities Account
- 1. Intermediated Securities located in the Securities Account
- a) Financial Instruments recorded in the Pledged Securities Account
- b) Inalienable Securities
- c) Securities Whose Transfer is Subject to an Approval Clause
- 2. Sums of Money located in the Pledged Securities Account
- II. Proof of the Content of the Pledged Securities Account
- 1. Special Account Open in the Name of the Account Holder
- 2. The Certificate of Pledge
- E. Evolution of the Pledged Securities Account
- I. Introduction
- II. Inclusion of Products and Benefits deriving from the Pledged Securities Account
- III. Substituted Securities
- 1. "New" Securities
- 2. Sums of Money resulting from the Sale of Securities located in the Pledged Account
- F. Right to Use the Intermediated Securities recorded in the Pledged Securities Account
- I. Right of Use
- 1. Scope of the Right of Use under Article 151(1) First Sentence of the Uniform Act on Security Interests.
- 2. Absence of Provisions in Respect of the Replacement of the Used Collateral Securities
- II. Right of Retention
- 1. Scope of the Right of Retention
- 2. The Relationship between the Right of Retention and the Right of Use
- G. Realisation of the Pledge
- I. Introduction
- II. Formal Notice
- III. Enforcement
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Realisation by Selling the Intermediated Securities
- 3. Realisation by Appropriating the Intermediated Securities recorded in the Pledged Securities Account
- H. Summary and Evaluation
- Chapter 2: Security Interests in Intermediated Securities under the Geneva Securities Convention
- A. Presentation of the Geneva Securities Convention
- I. The Geneva Securities Convention
- II. Objectives and Guiding Principles of the Geneva Securities Convention
- III. Current Status of the Geneva Securities Convention
- B. Scope of Application of Chapter V of the Geneva Securities Convention
- I. Introduction
- II. Personal Scope
- III. Material Scope
- 1. Types of Collateral
- 2. Relevant Obligations
- C. Recognition of Title Transfer Collateral Agreements
- I. History of the Provision in Article 32 of the Geneva Securities Convention
- II. Analysis of Article 32 of the Geneva Securities Convention
- D. Enforcement under Article 33 of the Geneva Securities Convention
- I. History of Article 33 of the Geneva Securities Convention
- II. Analysis of the Enforcement Provision in the Geneva Securities Convention
- 1. Overview of the Realisation Methods
- 2. Realisation by way of Sale of the Collateral Securities
- 3. Realisation by Appropriation
- 4. Close-Out Netting
- 5. Obstacles to the Realisation of the Collateral in Some Jurisdictions
- E. Right to Use Collateral Securities under Article 34 of the Geneva Securities Convention
- I. History of Article 34 of the Geneva Securities Convention.
- II. Analysis of Article 34 of the Geneva Securities Convention
- 1. Use of Collateral Securities
- 2. Replacement of the Used Collateral Securities
- 3. Protecting the Collateral Taker's Rights
- F. Top-Up or Substitution of Collateral
- I. General Overview and History of the Top-Up Rule in Article 36 of the Geneva Securities Convention
- II. Analysis of Top-Up Rule in Article 36 of the Geneva Securities Convention
- 1. Rule Number 1: Top-Up
- a) Introduction
- b) The Situation provided in Article 36(1)(a)(i) of the Geneva Securities Convention
- c) The Situation provided in Article 36(1)(a)(ii) of the Geneva Securities Convention
- d) The Situation provided in Article 36(1)(a)(iii) of the Geneva Securities Convention
- 2. Rule Number 2: Substitution
- 3. Scope of Protection
- III. Certain Insolvency Provisions Disapplied
- G. Summary and Evaluation
- Chapter 3: The EU Legislation on the Collateralisation of Intermediated Securities
- A. A Bird's Eye View of the EU Legislative Framework on Intermediated Securities
- B. The Collateralisation of Intermediated Securities under the Settlement Finality Directive
- I. History of the Settlement Finality Directive
- II. System and Participants
- III. Collateral Transaction
- IV. Insolvency Proceedings and Collateral Security
- 1. Provisions regarding Insolvency Proceedings
- 2. Collateral Security and Legal Certainty
- C. Collateral Agreements on Intermediated Securities under the Financial Collateral Directive
- I. Objectives of the Financial Collateral Directive
- II. History of the Financial Collateral Directive
- 1. Preparatory Work
- 2. Adoption and Implementation
- 3. Amendments
- III. Scope of Application
- 1. Personal Scope
- a) History of the Provision in Article 1(2) of the Financial Collateral Directive.
- b) Description of the Personal Scope of Application of the Directive.