1. Where the parent company opts for the regime provided for in paragraph I of Article 220 quinquies:
a) The overall deficit declared in respect of a financial year shall be set off against the overall profit or, where applicable, against the profit that the parent company declared in respect of the financial year preceding application of the regime defined in this section, under the conditions provided for in Article 220 quinquies;
b) (Not applicable).
2. A subsidiary company of the group may not exercise the option provided for in paragraph I of article 220 quinquies.
3. By way of exception to the provisions of article 220 quinquies, receivables recognised by a subsidiary company of the group in respect of financial years preceding the one from which its income was taken into account for the determination of the overall income may be transferred to the parent company at their nominal value. In this case, the parent company may use these receivables to pay the corporation tax due in respect of the overall result up to the amount of the corporation tax to which the subsidiary company would have been liable if it had been taxed separately.