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Article 1649 nonies A of the French General Tax Code

1. Failure to comply with the undertakings entered into with a view to obtaining administrative approval or failure to comply with the conditions to which the granting of the latter was subject shall result in the withdrawal of the approval, the forfeiture of the tax benefits attached thereto and the liability for the taxes not paid as a result thereof together with the late payment interest provided for in article 1727, deducted from the date on which these taxes should have been paid.

As an exception to the above provisions, the minister responsible for the budget is authorised to limit the effects of the forfeiture to a fraction of the benefits obtained as a result of the approval.

2. When the beneficiary of tax benefits granted by virtue of an administrative approval or an agreement signed with the State is guilty, subsequent to the date of approval or signature of the agreement, of a tax offence recognised as fraudulent by a judicial decision having the force of res judicata, it shall be deprived of the benefit of the said advantages and the taxes from which it has been exempt since the date of the offence shall become immediately payable, without prejudice to the late payment interest provided for in Article 1727 and deducted from the date on which they should have been paid.

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Article 1649 nonies A

1. L’inexécution des engagements souscrits en vue d’obtenir un agrément administratif ou le non-respect des conditions auxquelles l’octroi de ce dernier a été subordonné entraîne le retrait de l’agrément, la déchéance des avantages fiscaux qui y sont attachés et l’exigibilité des impositions non acquittées du fait de celui-ci assorties de l’intérêt de retard prévu à l’article 1727, décompté de la date à laquelle ces impôts auraient dû être acquittés.

Par dérogation aux dispositions ci-dessus, le ministre chargé du budget est autorisé à limiter les effets de la déchéance à une fraction des avantages obtenus du fait de l’agrément.

2. Lorsque le bénéficiaire d’avantages fiscaux accordés du fait d’un agrément administratif ou d’une convention passée avec l’État se rend coupable, postérieurement à la date de l’agrément ou de la signature de la convention, d’une infraction fiscale reconnue frauduleuse par une décision judiciaire ayant autorité de chose jugée, il est déchu du bénéfice desdits avantages et les impôts dont il a été dispensé depuis la date de l’infraction deviennent immédiatement exigibles, sans préjudice de l’intérêt de retard prévu à l’article 1727 et décompté de la date à laquelle ils auraient dû être acquittés.

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