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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Professional undertakings for collective real estate investment

Article L214-150

Subscription to and acquisition of units or shares in a professional real estate collective investment undertaking are reserved for professional clients as referred to in article L. 533-16 and for for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Specialised professional funds

Article L214-158

Where a specialised professional fund is a master AIF, the rules governing investment holding, canvassing and marketing of the feeder AIF are those of the master AIF.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to securitisation companies

Article L214-177

When the articles of association of the securitisation company provide for the use of forward financial instruments to expose the company, or for the sale of receivables that are not due or for which…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to securitisation companies

Article L214-176

A securitisation company is a securitisation undertaking constituted in the form of a public limited company (société anonyme) or a simplified joint stock company (société par actions simplifiée).The…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to securitisation companies

Article L214-179

I. - Where the securitisation company is incorporated as a société anonyme, notwithstanding Titles II and III of Book II of the French Commercial Code :1° The ordinary general meeting may be held with…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-134

Articles L. 224-1, L. 224-2, the second paragraph of article L. 225-68, the second paragraph of article L. 225-131, articles L. 225-258 to L. 225-270, L. 232-2 and L. 232-10 of the French Commercial C…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Accounting provisions

Article L214-109

At the end of each financial year, the management company draws up an inventory of the various assets and liabilities existing at that date. It also draws up the annual accounts and prepares a written…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to all financing bodies

Article L214-175

I. - The rules and regulations or the articles of association of the organisation shall stipulate the duration of the financial years, which may not exceed twelve months. However, the first financial…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-35

I. - The formation, transformation, merger, demerger or liquidation of an undertaking for collective investment in real estate is subject to approval by the Autorité des marchés financiers. The author…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-50

The regulations of a real estate investment trust or the articles of association of a real estate investment company with variable capital set the duration of the accounting periods, which may not exc…

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