The remuneration provided for in article L. 225-45 du code de commerce allocated in respect of a financial year to members of the board of directors or supervisory board of sociétés anonymes is deductible from the corporation tax base within the limit of 5% of the product obtained by multiplying the average deductible remuneration allocated during that financial year to the highest paid employees of the company by the number of members making up the board.
For the purposes of this provision, the highest paid persons are defined as those mentioned in paragraph 5 of Article 39 of this Code.
For sociétés anonymes which, having fewer than five employees, do not satisfy the conditions defined in Article 39(5), the remuneration provided for in Article L. 225-45 of the French Commercial Code allocated in respect of a financial year to members of the Board of Directors or the Supervisory Board is deductible from the corporation tax base up to a limit of €457 per member of the Board of Directors or the Supervisory Board.