I. – An advisory committee on tax credits for research expenditure is hereby established.
This committee shall be chaired by a member of the administrative jurisdiction appointed by the Vice-President of the Conseil d’Etat. The chairman may be deputised by one or two administrative magistrates appointed under the same conditions.
II – For the examination of disputes relating to the expenses provided for in a to j of II of article 244 quater B or the expenses mentioned in I of article 244 quater B bis, the committee includes an agent belonging to one of the category A bodies of the ministry responsible for research and an agent of the tax administration with at least the grade of divisional inspector.
For the examination of disputes relating to the expenses provided for in k of II of Article 244 quater B, the committee comprises an agent belonging to one of the category A bodies of the Ministry in charge of innovation and an agent of the tax administration with at least the grade of divisional inspector.
For the examination of disputes relating to both the expenditure mentioned in the first and second paragraphs of this II, the committee comprises an agent belonging to one of the category A bodies of the Ministry in charge of research, an agent belonging to one of the category A bodies of the Ministry in charge of innovation and an agent of the tax administration with at least the grade of divisional inspector.
The agent from the ministry responsible for research and the agent from the ministry responsible for innovation may, if they consider it useful, be assisted by any person likely to provide expertise on the qualification of the expenditure taken into account for the determination of the tax credits. This person does not take part in the vote.
People who have already had to deal with the dispute may not sit on the committee hearing the dispute.
The chairman has the casting vote.
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