Automatically controlled reprogrammable multi-application manipulators, programmable in three or more axes, which are fixed or mobile and intended for use in industrial automation applications, acquired or created between 1 October 2013 and 31 December 2016, may be subject to exceptional depreciation over twenty-four months from the date on which they are put into service.
The first paragraph applies to small and medium-sized enterprises, within the meaning of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty.
The benefit of exceptional depreciation is subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to de minimis aid.