1. A Commission nationale des impôts directs et des taxes sur le chiffre d’affaires is hereby established.
This commission shall be chaired by a member of the Conseil d’Etat appointed by the Vice-President of the Conseil d’Etat. The chairman of the commission may be replaced by an administrative magistrate appointed under the same conditions. It also includes three representatives of the taxpayers and two representatives of the administration with at least the rank of divisional inspector or regional inspector. For the matters mentioned in articles 1651 I and 1651 J, one of the taxpayers’ representatives is a chartered accountant.
The chairman has a casting vote.
2. This commission is competent for disputes relating to the determination of the profit as well as the turnover of companies which carry on an industrial or commercial activity and whose turnover excluding tax exceeds €50,000,000 in the case of companies whose main business is the sale of goods, objects, supplies and food to be taken away or consumed on the premises or the provision of accommodation, or €25,000,000 in the case of other companies.