Article 39 octodecies of the French General Tax Code
I. – Taxpayers who exercise an option for the first time for a real tax regime may recognise, free of tax, the capital gains acquired, on the effective date of this option, by the non-depreciable elements of their fixed assets. This recognition must be made in the accounts no later than the close of the first financial year for which the company is subject to a real tax regime. II….