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

Article L214-42

Subject to the limits and conditions laid down by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, a real estate investment trust may grant current account advances to the companies mentioned in 2° and 3° of I of articl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special rules relating to sociétés de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable (real estate investment companies with variable capital)

Article L214-68

At least thirty days before the General Meeting called to approve them, a société de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable shall publish its profit and loss account and balance shee…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Special rules relating to real estate investment funds

Article L214-71

Subject to the provisions of articles L. 214-45 and L. 214-77, a real estate investment trust (fonds de placement immobilier), which does not have legal personality, is a co-ownership vehicle made up…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Special rules relating to real estate investment funds

Article L214-78

The provisions of article L. 214-24-40 are applicable to real estate investment funds.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General scheme

Article L214-89

…vide that the liability of each member is limited to the amount of his share in the company's capital. Notwithstanding the previous paragraph, in the case of the forestry investment groupings mentione…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Subscription of shares

Article L214-95

After hearing the auditors' report, the Management Company proposes to the General Meeting either a reduction in the unit price, provided that it is not reduced by more than 30%, or the partial or tot…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Subscription of shares

Article L214-97

Except in the case of inheritance, liquidation of community property between spouses, or transfer either to a spouse or to an ascendant or descendant, the transfer of shares to a third party, in any 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
Sub-paragraph 2: Sociétés d'investissement à capital fixe (closed-end investment companies whose shares are traded on a financial instruments market)

Article L214-137

Articles L. 22-10-62, the first paragraph of Article L. 225-210 and Articles L. 225-211 and L. 22-10-64 of the French Commercial Code do not apply to SICAFs covered by this sub-paragraph.A SICAF cover…

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

Article L214-60

…lised directly or indirectly by the real estate investment fund, in accordance with the conditions set out in the General Tax Code.

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