I. – Commercial companies which use leasing transactions to acquire capital goods, equipment or buildings for professional use and which do not benefit from the simplified presentation regime, as provided for in article L. 123-16 of the French Commercial Code and article R. 123-200 of the French Commercial Code, must include the following information in the notes provided for in article L. 123-12 of the same code:
1° The value of these assets at the time the contract is signed ;
2° The amount of royalties for the financial year and the cumulative amount of royalties for previous financial years;
3° The depreciation charges that would have been recorded for these assets in respect of the financial year ended if they had been acquired by the company, as well as the cumulative amount of depreciation that would have been recorded in respect of previous financial years;
4° The valuation at the balance sheet date of royalties still to be paid and the residual purchase price of these assets stipulated in the contracts.
The information provided for in 1° to 4° is broken down according to the balance sheet items under which the assets in question would have been recorded; the information provided for in 4° is broken down according to maturity dates of one year at most, more than one year and five years at most and more than five years.
II. – Other legal entities and natural persons having the status of traders must, distinguishing between equipment leasing transactions and property leasing transactions:
1° Show separately, in their profit and loss account, the rental income corresponding to the performance of contracts relating to the aforementioned transactions;
2° state in the notes to the financial statements and at the balance sheet date the total amount of royalties still to be paid by them in fulfilment of the obligations stipulated in one or more leasing contracts.