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 exceed twelve months. However, the first financial year may extend over any period not exceeding eighteen months.
Within six weeks of the end of each half-year of the financial year, the société de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable (open-ended real estate investment company) or the fund management company draws up an inventory of the assets of the undertaking for collective real estate investment under the supervision of the custodian.
The société de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable (open-ended real estate investment company with predominant share capital) or the fund management company prepares the annual financial statements of the undertaking for collective investment in transferable securities and a written report on the management of the undertaking for collective investment in transferable securities, the content of which is defined by decree of the Conseil d’Etat and which, in particular, sets out the debt and liquidity situation of the undertaking for collective investment in transferable securities. This report is made available to shareholders or unitholders under conditions specified by the general regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 123-22 of the Commercial Code, the accounts of an undertaking for collective investment in transferable securities may be kept in any currency, in accordance with the procedures laid down by decree.
The documents referred to in this article shall be made available to the statutory auditor under the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.