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Article 1672 bis of the French General Tax Code

1. Companies and legal persons are prohibited from bearing the amount of withholding tax relating to:

1° Dividends and other income distributed to members, shareholders and unit holders or to members of the boards of directors of public limited companies;

2° Income referred to in 1° of Article 118 and relating to securities issued on or after 1 January 1965.

These provisions do not apply in the event of the redemption of bonus shares.

2. Insofar as they are not contrary to the provisions of 1, the clauses of the articles of association or contracts of issue, pursuant to which the debtor companies or undertakings were required to bear the proportional tax previously in force, shall apply ipso jure to the withholding tax referred to in 1 of article 1672.

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Article 1672 bis

1. Il est interdit aux sociétés et personnes morales de prendre à leur charge le montant de la retenue afférente :

1° Aux dividendes et autres produits répartis aux associés, actionnaires et porteurs de parts ou aux membres des conseils d’administration des sociétés anonymes ;

2° Aux revenus visés au 1° de l’article 118 et afférents à des valeurs émises à compter du 1er janvier 1965.

Ces dispositions ne sont pas applicables en cas de remboursement d’actions gratuites.

2. Dans la mesure où elles ne sont pas contraires aux dispositions du 1, les clauses des statuts ou des contrats d’émission, en vertu desquelles les sociétés ou entreprises débitrices étaient tenues de prendre à leur charge la taxe proportionnelle antérieurement en vigueur, s’appliquent de plein droit à la retenue à la source visée au 1 de l’article 1672.

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