The forest holdings of a forest investment group are divided into at least two separate management units at least twenty kilometres apart. The share of one of these management units may not exceed 60% of the total surface area of the group’s forest holdings.
If these conditions are not met, the forest estate must meet at least two of the following three criteria:
1° Each composition class, in particular deciduous and coniferous, does not exceed 60% of the total surface area of the group’s forest estate;
2° For a given species, no age class in 10-year increments, or, if classification by age is not relevant, no diameter class in 10-centimetre increments, exceeds 60% of the total surface area of the group’s forest estate;
3° Regular high forestry does not exceed 60% of the total surface area of the group’s forest estate.
A management unit is made up of a forest massif and any other wooded parcels less than one kilometre away from the main massif.
The Groupement forestier d’investissement or its management company will report on compliance with these diversification rules in the management report, based on the reports provided by the external valuation experts.
The groupement forestier d’investissement has a period of three years from the date of its formation by public offering, or from the date of its first public offering in the case of a groupement formed without a public offering, to comply with the provisions of this article. The provisions of this article do not apply in the event of a public offering as referred to in 1° of article L. 411-2.