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Article R123-186 of the French Commercial code

Expenses incurred in connection with operations that condition the existence or development of the company but the amount of which cannot be related to specific production of goods and services may be entered on the assets side of the balance sheet under “Formation expenses”.

Development costs may be entered on the assets side of the balance sheet under the corresponding item, provided that they relate to clearly individualised projects with a serious chance of commercial profitability.

Acquired business assets that cannot be included under other balance sheet headings are entered under “business goodwill”.

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Article R123-186

Les dépenses engagées à l’occasion d’opérations qui conditionnent l’existence ou le développement de l’entreprise mais dont le montant ne peut être rapporté à des productions de biens et de services déterminées peuvent figurer à l’actif du bilan au poste “frais d’établissement”.

Les frais de développement peuvent être inscrits à l’actif du bilan, au poste correspondant, à la condition de se rapporter à des projets nettement individualisés, ayant des sérieuses chances de rentabilité commerciale.

Les éléments acquis du fonds de commerce qui ne peuvent figurer à d’autres postes du bilan sont inscrits au poste “fonds commercial”.

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