Public administrations, establishments or bodies subject to control by the administrative authority, establishments benefiting from the provisions of articles L. 511-22 et L. 511-23 of the Monetary and Financial Code for their transactions with French residents and all persons who habitually receive securities, titles or funds on deposit must declare to the tax authorities the opening and closing of accounts of any kind as well as the renting of safes (1).
Natural persons, associations, companies not having a commercial form, domiciled or established in France, are required to declare, at the same time as their income tax return, the references of accounts opened, held, used or closed abroad. The terms and conditions for the application of this paragraph shall be laid down by decree (2).
Sums, securities or assets transferred to or from abroad via accounts not declared under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph shall, in the absence of proof to the contrary, constitute taxable income.