The 2% rate of transfer duty provided for in Article 719 is reduced to 0% for acquisitions of businesses and clienteles made in the zones franches urbaines-territoires entrepreneurs defined in B of 3 of article 42 of Law no. 95-115 of 4 February 1995 on regional planning and development, as well as in the rural regeneration zones mentioned in article 1465 A.
To benefit from the reduced rate, the purchaser must undertake, at the time of the transfer, to maintain the operation of the property acquired for a minimum period of five years from that date.
When the undertaking provided for in the second paragraph is not complied with, the purchaser is required to pay, on first demand, the additional tax from which he had been exempted.
The benefit of the reduction 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.