I.-Any commercial company that neither controls nor is controlled by another company within the meaning of II or III of article L. 233-16, and whose turnover at the end of two consecutive financial years exceeds a threshold set by decree, draws up, publishes and makes available, at the request of the board of directors, the management board or the managers, a report on income tax.
II.-The report shall mention the financial year concerned and the currency used. It shall include the following information relating to the last financial year ended, for all of the company’s activities:
1° The name of the company;
2° A brief description of the nature of the business;
3° The number of full-time equivalent employees;
4° Turnover;
5° The amount of profit or loss before income tax;
6° The amount of income tax due;
7° The amount of income tax paid on the basis of actual settlements;
8° The amount of retained profits.
A decree in the Conseil d’Etat specifies the procedures for presenting this information, including the States or tax jurisdictions that are subject to a specific presentation, as well as the procedures for publishing it and making it available.
III.-For general partnerships and limited partnerships, I only applies to those where all the partners with unlimited liability are joint stock companies, limited liability companies or companies under foreign law with a comparable legal form.
This same I does not apply when the companies are subject to the publication obligation mentioned in II of Article L. 511-45 of the Monetary and Financial Code.
This same I does not apply when companies do not have a permanent establishment abroad.
IV.-Information the disclosure of which would be seriously prejudicial to the commercial position of the companies to which it relates may be omitted from the report referred to in I, on a temporary basis, under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.