The following constitutes an investment within the meaning of Article L. 151-3:
1° acquiring control, within the meaning ofArticle L. 233-3 of the French Commercial Code, of an entity governed by French law;
2° Acquire all or part of a branch of activity of an entity governed by French law;
3° Cross, directly or indirectly, alone or in concert, the threshold of 25% ownership of the voting rights of an entity governed by French law.
This 3° does not apply to a natural person who is a national of a Member State of the European Union or of a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area that has signed an administrative assistance agreement with France to combat fraud and tax evasion and who is domiciled in one of these States, or to an entity in which all the members of the control chain, within the meaning of II of article R. 151-1, are governed by the law of one of these States or are nationals of and domiciled in one of these States.