Buildings allocated to livestock farming activities and equipment and facilities intended for the storage of livestock effluent constructed, acquired or manufactured from 1 January 2016 until 31 December 2017 may be subject to exceptional depreciation equal to 40% of their cost price spread on a straight-line basis over five years. The same applies to capitalised renovation work on buildings allocated to livestock farming activities carried out over the same period.
The first annual instalment of exceptional depreciation must be taken no later than during the third financial year following that of the construction, acquisition or manufacture of the goods.
At the end of the period of application of the exceptional depreciation, the residual value of the assets referred to in the first paragraph is depreciated on a straight-line basis over the normal remaining useful life.
The benefit of the exceptional depreciation is subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1408/2013 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 in the agriculture sector.