Article L214-31 of the French Monetary and Financial Code
I. – Local investment funds (fonds d’investissement de proximité) are venture capital investment funds (fonds communs de placement à risques), at least 70% of whose assets consist of financial securities, shares in limited liability companies and current account advances, as defined by I and 1° of II of article L. 214-28, which give subscribers only the rights resulting from their status as shareholders or partners, to the exclusion of any…