The executive order dated 15 May 2007, approving the amendments to the General Regulation of the French securities regulator, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), was published in the Official Journal of the French Republic on 16 May 2007. The new measures concern Book III (Investment Service Providers) and Book V (Market Infrastructures). They transpose the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID), and, in accordance with the directive, will take effect on 1 November 2007.