1. The usufruct of controlling interests contributed for a ten years period to a corporation (French "societe anonyme"), constitutes an intangible asset for the corporation.

2. This usufruct may give rise to the constitution of a yearly allowance to a depreciation account, if it is normally foreseeable, at the time of the purchase by the company, that its positive effects on the company will end at a fixed date (Administrative Court of Poitiers, November 21, 1996, no 95-1701).

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