{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1131/article-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1131/article-10.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2017/1131",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2017/1131 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on money market funds (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1131",
  "path": "article/10",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Eligible money market instruments",
  "text": "1. A money market instrument shall be eligible for investment by an MMF provided that it fulfils all of the following requirements:\n(a) it falls within one of the categories of money market instruments referred to in rule 5.2.8 of the Collective Investment Schemes sourcebook;\n(b) it displays one of the following alternative characteristics:\n(i)it has a legal maturity at issuance of 397 days or less;\n(ii)it has a residual maturity of 397 days or less;\n(c) the issuer of the money market instrument and the quality of the money market instrument have received a favourable assessment pursuant to Articles 19 to 22;\n(d) where an MMF invests in a securitisation or ABCP, it is subject to the requirements laid down in Article 11.\n2. Notwithstanding point (b) of paragraph 1, standard MMFs shall also be allowed to invest in money market instruments with a residual maturity until the legal redemption date of less than or equal to 2 years, provided that the time remaining until the next interest rate reset date is 397 days or less. For that purpose, floating-rate money-market instruments and fixed-rate money-market instruments hedged by a swap arrangement shall be reset to a money market rate or index.\n3. Point (c) of paragraph 1 shall not apply to money market instruments issued or guaranteed by the European Union, a central authority or central bank of the United Kingdom or a Member State, the European Central Bank, the European Investment Bank, the European Stability Mechanism or the European Financial Stability Facility.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 10(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Money Market Funds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/394), regs. 1(3), 10(3)(a) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Art. 10(3) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Money Market Funds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/394), regs. 1(3), 10(3)(b)(i) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 10(3) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Money Market Funds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/394), regs. 1(3), 10(3)(b)(ii) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/1131/article/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:44:50.790873+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}