I. – By way of exception to the first sentence of the first paragraph of I of Article 223 A, when a public industrial and commercial establishment subject to corporation tax under ordinary law draws up consolidated accounts under the conditions provided for in the first paragraph of l’article L. 233-18 of the French Commercial Code, it may be solely liable for the corporation tax due on all the profits of the group formed by itself, the public industrial and commercial establishments that are also subject to corporation tax under the conditions of ordinary law that are members of its consolidation scope and the companies that it and the public industrial and commercial establishments that are members of the group own under the conditions provided for in Article 223 A, when it carries out the control and strategic management and cross-functional or pooled tasks for the group as a whole.
The other provisions of the same article 223 A apply to industrial and commercial establishments and companies that are members of a group within the meaning of this article.
II. – An establishment which becomes solely liable for corporation tax in accordance with the first paragraph of I may not be controlled by another establishment which itself fulfils the conditions set out in the same paragraph.
When a public industrial and commercial establishment becomes solely liable for corporation tax, all the public industrial and commercial establishments mentioned in the said paragraph must be members of the group.
A public establishment that is a member of the group may not become solely liable for corporation tax in respect of the results of another group under the conditions set out in Article 223 A.
III. – The rules laid down in articles 223 B to 223 U are applicable to public industrial and commercial establishments and to companies that are members of a group within the meaning of this article.