I.-Small and medium-sized non-road diesel retail businesses that, as at 1 January 2020, do not have facilities for storing and distributing diesel that is not coloured and traced, subject to corporation tax or income tax under an actual system, may deduct from their taxable income a sum equal to 40% of the original value, excluding financial costs, of storage facilities and handling and distribution equipment for diesel that is not coloured and traced recorded as fixed assets.
The deduction is applicable to the assets mentioned in the first paragraph of this I acquired as new from 1 January 2020 until 31 December 2022.
II – The deduction is spread on a straight-line basis over the normal useful life of the assets. If the asset is sold before the end of this period, the deduction is only earned by the company up to the amount already deducted from income on the date of sale, which is calculated pro rata temporis.
III.- The deduction is spread on a straight-line basis over the normal period of use of the asset.
III.A small or medium-sized business that leases a new property mentioned in I under the conditions provided for in 1 of article L. 313-7 of the French Monetary and Financial Code under a leasing contract or a hire purchase contract entered into between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2022, may deduct an amount equal to 40% of the original value of the new asset, excluding finance costs, at the time the contract is signed. This deduction is spread pro rata temporis over the normal period of use of the asset. If the lessor or lessee acquires the asset, it may continue to apply the deduction. The deduction ceases as from the sale or termination by the company of the leasing or rental contract with option to purchase or of the asset and cannot be applied to the new operator.
The company that gives the asset as a leasing or rental contract with option to purchase or of the asset cannot apply the deduction to the new operator.
The company that leases or rents the asset with a purchase option may not apply the deduction mentioned in the first paragraph of I.
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IV.-The provisions of this article apply to small and medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of Annex I to 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 the deduction is subject to compliance with Article 17 of the same Regulation.