When making an investment as referred to in article R. 151-2, the following constitute an investor within the meaning of this chapter:
1° Any natural person of foreign nationality;
2° Any natural person of French nationality who is not domiciled in France within the meaning ofarticle 4 B of the General Tax Code ;
3° Any entity governed by foreign law;
4° Any entity governed by French law controlled by one or more persons or entities referred to in this 1°, 2° or 3°.
II – For the purposes of this chapter, a chain of control is constituted by an investor referred to in 3° or 4° of I and the persons or entities that control it. All the persons and entities belonging to a chain of control constitute investors within the meaning of this chapter.
III – The control referred to in this article is assessed within the meaning ofArticle L. 233-3 of the French Commercial Code or, where no control has been established on the basis of this article, within the meaning of Article L. 430-1 III of the same code.