Directive 2011/61/EU is amended as follows:
(1) in Article 4(1), the following point is inserted:
'(aea) "pre-marketing" means provision of information or communication, direct or indirect, on investment strategies or investment ideas by an EU AIFM or on its behalf, to potential professional investors domiciled or with a registered office in the Union in order to test their interest in an AIF or a compartment which is not yet established, or which is established, but not yet notified for marketing in accordance with Article 31 or 32, in that Member State where the potential investors are domiciled or have their registered office, and which in each case does not amount to an offer or placement to the potential investor to invest in the units or shares of that AIF or compartment;';
(2) the following article is inserted at the beginning of Chapter VI:
'Article 30a Conditions for pre-marketing in the Union by an EU AIFM
1. Member States shall ensure that an authorised EU AIFM may engage in
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