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 foreign investors belonging to an equivalent category under the law of the country in which their registered office is located.
The General Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers sets the conditions under which the subscription and acquisition of units or shares of these undertakings for collective investment are open to other investors, depending in particular on the nature of the investors and the level of risk taken by the undertaking.
The custodian or the person designated for this purpose in the fund rules or articles of association shall ensure that the subscriber or purchaser is an investor as defined in the previous paragraph. It shall also ensure that the subscriber or purchaser has declared that he has been informed that this undertaking is governed by the provisions of this sub-paragraph.