W 090/07 GEN — Dubai Financial LLC
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MODIFICATION NOTICE
| To | Dubai Financial LLC |
| Address | Building 5, South Block, 4th floor Dubai International Financial Center PO Box 125455 Dubai, UAE |
| DFSA Firm Reference No. | F000714 |
| Notice No. | W090/2007 |
THE DFSA HEREBY GIVES NOTICE THAT:
The Rules specified in the left hand column of the table herein do not apply to the above mentioned Person in the form appearing in the Rulebook but instead apply as modified in the right hand column of the table.
RULES MODIFIED
The Rules specified in the left hand column are modified to the extent shown in the right hand column of the table below. In this table, underlining indicates new text and striking through indicates deleted text, otherwise the Rule remains unaltered. Where a significant number of the paragraphs of the Rule remain un-altered the entire Rule may not be reproduced in the table. In such circumstances the un-altered parts of the Rule will be referred to by the relevant identifying paragraph number or letter, as the case may be.
| Rule | Modified Text |
| GEN 2.3.2 |
(1) Subject to Rule 2.3.5, a Person does not carry on an activity
specified under paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h),
(j), (k), (p), (q) and (r) of Rule 2.2.2 by way of business if:
(a) the Person enters into transactions solely as a
nominee for another Person and is bound to and
does act on that other Person’s instructions;
(b) the Person is a Body Corporate and carries on that
activity solely as principal with or for other Bodies
Corporates:
(i) which are within the same Group as that
Person; or
(ii) which are or propose to become participators
in a joint enterprise and the transaction is
entered into for the purposes of or in
connection with that enterprise; and for the purposes of the activities specified in
paragraphs (g), (j), (k) and (r) of Rule 2.2.2 the
assets in question belong to a Body Corporate falling
within (i) or (ii); or (c) the Person carries on the activity solely for the
purposes of or in connection with the sale of goods
or the supply of services to a customer of the Person
or a member of the same Group, provided that:
(i) the supplier’s main business is to sell goods
or supply services and not to carry on any
Financial Service; and
(ii) the customer is not an individual;
and for the purposes of the activities specified in
paragraphs (g), (j), (k) and (r) of Rule 2.2.2 the
assets in question belong to that customer or
member. (2) A Person who is a Body Corporate that is constituted in the
DIFC does not carry on the activity specified under
paragraph (d) or (e) of Rule 2.2.2. by way of business,
provided that the Person:
(a) carries on that activity as a member of an Authorised
Market Institution or Recognised Body;
(b) carries on that activity for its own account or for
another Body Corporate which is in the same Group
as the Person, provided that any such member of the
Group for which the Person acts is a wholly-owned
Subsidiary of the Holding Company or is the Holding
Company itself;
(c) is and continues to be of good standing and repute
and has and continues to have adequate and
relevant expertise in relation to such activity; and
(d) restricts that activity to transactions involving or
relating only to Commodity Derivatives on that
Authorised Market Institution or Recognised Body.
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CONDITIONS
The modification in respect of the Rules specified above remain in effect for the duration of the period set out below on condition that the Person to whom this notice applies immediately informs the DFSA in writing of any matter which affects or will affect its good standing and repute or that of its Holding Company or any of its corporate controllers.
If any one or more of the conditions stated above is breached, this notice ceases to have effect forthwith and the Rules specified in the table herein apply to the above mentioned Person in their unmodified form as they appear in the applicable module of the Rulebook in force at the relevant time.
EFFECTIVE PERIOD
This notice comes into effect on the date of issue of this notice and remains in force until further notice.
INTERPRETATION
The provisions in this notice are to be construed in accordance with GEN section 6.2 as if these provisions are provisions of the Rulebook.
Defined terms are identified in this notice by the capitalisation of the initial letter of a word or of each word in a phrase and are defined in the Glossary (GLO). Unless the context otherwise requires, where capitalisation of the initial letter is not used, an expression has its natural meaning.
THIS NOTICE IS ISSUED UNDER ARTICLE 25 OF THE REGULATORY LAW 2004 BY:
| Name : | David Knott |
| Position : | Chief Executive Officer |
| DATE OF ISSUE: | 19 November 2007 |