1. (not applicable).
2. Group companies may not benefit from the tax credit mentioned in articles 220 quater and 220 quater A.
3. Deductions made by group companies under the provisions of II of article 217 undecies in respect of sums paid to subscribe for the capital of other companies in the same group are reintegrated into the overall result.
4. (Repealed)
5. For the calculation of profit-sharing and the special profit-sharing reserve provided for by articles L. 3321-1 to L. 3326-2 of the French Labour Code, each company in the group retains the taxable profit for the financial year and the corporation tax determined as if it were taxed separately.
6. a) (Repealed).
b) (Expired).
c) When a company subject to corporation tax absorbs a parent company defined in the first, second, fourth or fifth paragraphs of I of Article 223 A and fulfils, before or as a result of this merger, the conditions set out in one of these paragraphs, it may form, since the beginning of the financial year of the merger, solely liable for the taxes mentioned in one of these paragraphs due by the group that it forms with the member companies of the group that had been formed by the absorbed company if, at the latest on expiry of the period provided for in the second paragraph of III of article 223 A, calculated from the date on which the merger is completed, it exercises one of the options mentioned in the first, second, fourth or fifth paragraphs of I of article 223 A and accompanies this option with a document stating the identity of the member companies of the latter group that are joining the new group. This provision applies to mergers that take effect on the first day of the financial year of the company absorbed during the transaction.
The duration of the first financial year of the companies in the group resulting from the merger may be less than or more than twelve months, without prejudice to the application of the provisions of Article 37. The option referred to in the first paragraph shall include an indication of the duration of that financial year.
The acquiring company shall, in respect of the financial year in which the merger is completed, make the reintegrations provided for in Articles 223 F and 223 R as a result of the exit of the absorbed company and the member companies of the group that the latter had formed; these sums are determined at the close of the previous financial year after deducting, where applicable, the overall deficit or the overall net long-term capital loss that could still be carried forward on the effective date of the merger.
In the situation referred to in the first paragraph, by way of exception to the provisions of the first sentence of 1 of Article 223 N, the parent company pays the advance payments of corporation tax due by the companies that are members of the group in respect of the year or financial year in which they join the group.
The first four paragraphs of this c apply:
1° When a company subject to corporation tax absorbs a non-resident parent entity or a foreign company, provided that the absorbing company fulfils, before or as a result of this merger, the conditions set out in the first or second paragraphs of I of Article 223 A for being a parent company and has formed a group since the beginning of the financial year of the merger, under the conditions set out in the same first or second paragraphs, with the companies that are members of the first group;
2° Where a non-resident parent entity is absorbed by another company or another permanent establishment that meets the conditions defined in the second paragraph of I of Article 223 A, provided that a new group is formed by a company that meets, before or as a result of the merger, the conditions set out in the first or second paragraphs of the same I for being a parent company and has formed a group since the start of the financial year of the merger, under the conditions set out in the same first or second paragraphs, with the companies that are members of the first group. In this case, the reintegrations mentioned in the third paragraph of this c are made by the parent company of the new group.
d. If, during the course of a financial year, the capital of a parent company defined in the first, second, fourth or fifth paragraphs of I of Article 223 A comes to be held, directly or indirectly through companies subject to corporation tax under the conditions of ordinary law or in accordance with the procedures provided for in Article 214, at least 95% by another legal entity liable to corporation tax, this capital is deemed to have been held in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in the fourth sentence of the third paragraph of I of Article 223 A if the 95% percentage is no longer reached at the end of the financial year, provided that the companies concerned inform the tax authorities of the terms and conditions of the transaction and its legal, economic or social justifications.
If this percentage is still reached at that date, the parent company remains solely liable for the tax due on the group’s overall income relating to that financial year, in accordance with the procedures set out in articles 223 A to 223 U, by way of exception to the provisions of this section.
In this situation, if the legal entity referred to in the first paragraph meets the conditions referred to in the first, second, fourth and fifth paragraphs of I of article 223 A and wishes to form a group with the companies that made up the group formed by the parent company referred to in the same paragraph, or to bring these companies into the group of which it is already a member, the option provided for in the first, second, fourth or fifth paragraphs of I of Article 223 A is exercised at the latest on expiry of the period provided for in the second paragraph of III of the same article, counted from the date of closure of the financial year in question. This option is accompanied by the document referred to in the first paragraph of c.
The duration of the first financial year of the companies in the group thus formed may be less than or more than twelve months, without prejudice to the application of the provisions of Article 37. The option referred to in the third paragraph above shall include an indication of the duration of this financial year.
The parent company referred to in the first paragraph shall add to the overall result for the financial year which is also mentioned therein the sums the reintegration of which is provided for in Articles 223 F and 223 R as a result of the exit from the group of all the companies of which it was composed.
The first five paragraphs of this d apply:
1° Where the capital of a non-resident parent entity or a foreign company comes to be held under the conditions provided for in the first paragraph of this d by another legal entity liable to corporation tax. If the 95% holding percentage is still reached at the year-end date, this legal entity may form a group pursuant to the first or second paragraphs of I of Article 223 A with the companies that were members of the first group or bring them into the group of which it is already a member, under the conditions defined in the third to fifth paragraphs of this d ;
2° Where at least 95% of the capital of a non-resident parent entity comes to be held by another company or another permanent establishment meeting the conditions defined in the second paragraph of I of Article 223 A. If the 95% holding percentage is still reached at the year-end date, a company that meets the conditions set out in the first or second paragraphs of the same I for being a parent company may form a new group, under the conditions set out in the same first or second paragraphs, with the companies that are members of the first group or bring them into the group of which it is already a member, under the conditions set out in the third to fifth paragraphs of this d.
e. The provisions of the first four paragraphs of c apply when the parent company of a group referred to in the first, second, fourth or fifth paragraphs of I of Article 223 A is split under the conditions provided for in Article 210 B. Each company receiving the contributions makes the reintegrations referred to in the third paragraph of c, on the one hand, in respect of the sums allocated to the branch that it has received and, on the other hand, in respect of a fraction of the sums that cannot be allocated to the branches contributed; this fraction is equal to the ratio existing between the value of the net assets that it has received and the total value of the net assets of the demerged company, as these values appear in the demerger agreement.
For the application of the provisions of this e, the acquiring company and the acquired company referred to in c shall mean each of the companies receiving the contributions and the demerged company respectively.
Where the non-resident parent entity is the subject of a demerger under the conditions provided for in 1 of the same Article 210 B, 1° and 2° of c of this Article apply, respectively, where the company receiving the contributions is a legal entity liable for corporation tax or is another company or another permanent establishment meeting the conditions defined in the second paragraph of I of Article 223 A.
f) In the situation referred to in the third paragraph of article 223 S, the first group is deemed to cease to exist on the closing date of the financial year preceding the first financial year of the new group.
The duration of the first financial year of the companies in the new group thus formed may be less than or more than twelve months, without prejudice to the application of Article 37. The option referred to in the third paragraph of Article 223 S shall include an indication of the duration of that financial year.
The parent company of the first group shall add to the overall result for the financial year referred to in the first paragraph the sums whose reinstatement is provided for in Articles 223 F and 223 R as a result of the exit from the group of all the companies of which it was composed.
g) Where, following a contribution and allotment transaction benefiting from the provisions of 2 of Article 115, carried out by the parent company of a group defined in the first, second, fourth or fifth paragraphs of I of article 223 A, the capital of one or more member companies of the group is 95% or more owned, directly or indirectly, by a legal entity subject to corporation tax other than the parent company of the group, that legal entity may be solely liable for the tax payable by itself and the contributed companies as from the financial year in which the contribution takes place if, at the end of that financial year, it satisfies the conditions set out in the first, second, fourth or fifth paragraph of I of Article 223 A. Similarly, where, following a contribution and allotment transaction which meets the conditions for benefiting from the provisions of Article 115(2) and which is not a transaction referred to in Article 115(3), carried out by the non-resident parent entity, the capital of one or more companies, other than the parent company, which are members of the group formed under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of Article 223 A(I), is no longer held under the conditions provided for in Article 223 A(2), is no longer held under the aforementioned conditions by the non-resident parent entity, a legal entity subject to corporation tax may be solely liable for the tax due by itself and by the said companies as from the financial year in which the contribution takes place if, at the close of that financial year, it satisfies the conditions set out in the first or second paragraphs of I of the same Article 223 A.
This provision applies to contributions that take effect on the opening date of the financial year of the contributed companies. It is subject to the exercise, by the legal entity referred to in the first paragraph, of the option referred to in the first, second, fourth or fifth paragraphs of I of Article 223 A and to the agreement of the contributed companies that are members of the new group, no later than the date of expiry of the period provided for in the second paragraph of III of Article 223 A counted from the date of completion of the contribution. The option is accompanied by a document indicating the identity of the contributed companies that have agreed to be members of the new group.
The duration of the first financial year of the companies in the group resulting from the contribution may be less than or more than twelve months, without prejudice to the application of Article 37. The option referred to in the second paragraph shall include an indication of the duration of this financial year.
h) When a subsidiary company that is a member of a group ceases to be part of that group as a result of a transfer of ownership falling within the scope of the second paragraph of Article 223 E and the said company fulfils the conditions laid down in the first, second, fourth or fifth paragraphs of I of Article 223 A, the said company may form, with effect from the opening date of the financial year in respect of which it ceased to form part of the aforementioned group, a new group with the companies in which it holds at least 95% under the conditions provided for in the first, second, fourth or fifth paragraphs of I of Article 223 A and which were part of the aforementioned group, or with the companies with which it may form a group under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of I of the same Article 223 A which were part of the same aforementioned group.
The option provided for by the aforementioned paragraphs must be exercised no later than the expiry of the period provided for in the second paragraph of III of article 223 A counted from the date of completion of the transfer of ownership concerned. This option is accompanied by the document mentioned in the first paragraph of c.
The duration of the first financial year of the companies in the group thus formed may be less than or more than twelve months, without prejudice to the application of Article 37. The option referred to in the second paragraph includes an indication of the duration of this financial year.
This h also applies when the capital of the companies referred to therein comes to be held, under the conditions provided for by the first, second, fourth or fifth paragraphs of I of Article 223 A, by a company which fulfils the conditions provided for in one of these paragraphs, it being specified that, in this situation, the new group includes this latter company as parent company and the first companies referred to in this paragraph as subsidiaries.
i) Where the capital of a parent company defined in the first, second, fourth or fifth paragraphs of I of Article 223 A is held or comes to be held, directly or indirectly, through intermediary companies and, where applicable, companies subject to corporation tax under the conditions of ordinary law or in accordance with the terms and conditions provided for in Articles 214, at least 95% by another legal entity subject to corporation tax that meets the conditions set out in the first, second, fourth or fifth paragraphs of I of Article 223 A, that legal entity may, subject to the provisions of that same article, form a group with the companies that make up the group formed by the parent company concerned or bring those companies into the group of which it is already a member.
In this situation, the option provided for in the first, second, fourth or fifth paragraphs of I of Article 223 A is exercised at the latest on expiry of the period provided for in the second paragraph of III of the same article, counted from the closing date of the financial year preceding that in respect of which the option is exercised. This option is accompanied by the document mentioned in the first paragraph of c.
The duration of the first financial year of the companies in the group thus formed may be less than or more than twelve months, without prejudice to the application of Article 37. The option referred to in the second paragraph shall include an indication of the duration of that financial year.
The group of the parent company referred to in the first paragraph shall be deemed to cease to exist on the closing date of the financial year preceding that in respect of which the option referred to in the second paragraph is exercised. The parent company concerned adds to the overall result for that financial year the sums whose reinstatement is provided for in Articles 223 F and 223 R as a result of the cessation of the group.
j) When the capital of a parent company defined in the first paragraph of I of Article 223 A is held or comes to be held under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of the same I, it may enter the group formed by a parent company that fulfils the conditions of the same second paragraph.
In the case provided for in the first paragraph of this j, the option provided for in the second paragraph of I of article 223 A is exercised at the latest on expiry of the period provided for in the second paragraph of III of the same article, counted from the closing date of the financial year preceding that in respect of which the option is exercised. This option is accompanied by the document mentioned in the first paragraph of c of this 6.
The duration of the first financial year of the companies in the group thus formed may be less than or more than twelve months, without prejudice to the application of Article 37. The option referred to in the second paragraph of this j shall include an indication of the duration of this financial year.
Parent company groups which become members of a group formed under the conditions provided for in the first paragraph of this j shall be deemed to cease to exist on the closing date of the financial year preceding that in respect of which the option referred to in the second paragraph is exercised. The parent companies concerned add to the overall result for that financial year the sums whose reintegration is provided for in articles 223 F and 223 R as a result of the cessation of their group.
k) Where, during the course of a financial year, a non-resident parent entity or a foreign company, as defined in the second paragraph of I of article 223 A, no longer satisfies the eligibility conditions required in the second and third paragraphs of the same I, as a result of withdrawal from the State in which it is subject to a tax equivalent to European Union corporation tax or the European Economic Area agreement, it is deemed to meet these eligibility conditions until the end of the financial year in which the withdrawal occurred.
In this situation, a foreign company held directly or indirectly by the non-resident parent entity referred to in the first paragraph of this k and meeting the conditions set out in the second and third paragraphs of I of Article 223 A may substitute itself for the latter without this substitution resulting in the termination of the group formed by the parent company and without it being necessary to exercise the option provided for in the second paragraph of the same I again or, for the other foreign companies, intermediate companies and group member companies, to renew the agreement referred to in the first paragraph of III of the same Article 223 A. This right of substitution is exercised by means of an agreement notified no later than the expiry of the period provided for in the second paragraph of the same III, counted from the date of the close of the financial year of the withdrawal.
In the cases mentioned in the first and second paragraphs of this k, the parent company adds to the overall result for the financial year during which the withdrawal occurred the sums whose reintegration is provided for in articles 223 F and 223 R due to the loss of the status of non-resident parent entity or foreign company within the meaning of the second and third paragraphs of I of article 223 A, the loss of the status of intermediate company within the meaning of the first paragraph of I and III of Article 223 A, or the departure from the group of companies that no longer meet the conditions set out in I and the first paragraph of III of Article 223 A.
l) When, during a financial year, an intermediate company, as defined in the first, fourth and penultimate paragraphs of I of Article 223 A and meeting the conditions laid down in the first paragraph of III of the same Article 223 A, no longer fulfils the conditions set out in the same paragraphs due to withdrawal from the State in which it is subject to a tax equivalent to European Union corporation tax or the European Economic Area agreement, it is deemed to fulfil the conditions set out in the same paragraphs until the end of the financial year in which the withdrawal occurred.
In this case, the parent company adds to the overall result for the financial year during which the withdrawal occurred the sums whose reintegration is provided for in Articles 223 F and 223 R as a result of the loss of intermediary company status by the companies mentioned in the first paragraph of this l or the withdrawal from the group of the companies no longer meeting the conditions provided for in I and the first paragraph of III of Article 223 A.