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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-35

…e investment policy that the undertaking for collective investment in real estate intends to pursue and its financing options, in particular the use of debt.II. - In accordance with the conditions lai…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-39

…ay take out loans up to a limit of 40% of the value of the real estate assets mentioned in 1° to 3° and 5° of I of article L. 214-36.To determine this limit, account is taken of all loans and debts ta…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-33

Undertakings for collective real estate investment take the form of either variable-capital real estate investment companies (sociétés de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable) or r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-36

…view to rental, as well as furnishings, equipment or movable property allocated to these buildings and necessary for the operation, use or exploitation of the latter by a third party, rights in rem r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-37

…pital variable, these real estate assets are those mentioned in 1° to 5° of I of article L. 214-36, and the assets mentioned in 1° to 3° and 5° of I of the aforementioned article must represent at lea…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-38

An undertaking for collective real estate investment may, subject to the limits and conditions laid down by decree, enter into financial contracts within the meaning of III of article L. 211-1.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-34

…any kind on these buildings, in particular transactions relating to their construction, renovation and refurbishment with a view to rental and, on an ancillary basis, to manage financial instruments…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Supplementary provisions

Article D3121-23

…mployee whose employment contract is terminated before he or she has been able to benefit from the mandatory compensatory rest to which he or she is entitled or before he or she has acquired sufficien…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Supplementary provisions

Article D3121-21

When the company's operational requirements prevent several requests for compulsory time off from being satisfied at the same time, applicants are ranked according to the following order of priority:…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Supplementary provisions

Article D3121-20

…ompulsory time off to the employer at least one week in advance. The request shall specify the date and duration of the rest period. Within seven days of receiving the request, the employer informs th…

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