1. Corporation tax is established at the place of the principal establishment of the legal entity.
However, the administration may designate as the place of taxation:
either that where the effective management of the company is provided;
or that of its registered office.
2. Legal entities carrying out activities in France or owning property there, without having their registered office there, are taxable at the place fixed by order of the Minister of the Economy and Finance published in the Journal officiel (1).