All or an undivided share of all the movable and immovable, tangible or intangible assets allocated to the operation of a sole proprietorship with an industrial, commercial, craft, agricultural or liberal activity transferred by death or inter vivos are exempt from transfer duties for no consideration, up to 75% of their value, if the following conditions are met:
a.The sole proprietorship mentioned above has been owned for more than two years by the deceased or the donor where it was acquired for valuable consideration;
b. Each of the heirs, donees or legatees makes a commitment in the declaration of inheritance or deed of gift, for himself and his successors free of charge, to retain all of the assets allocated to the operation of the business for a period of four years from the date of the transfer.
c.One of the heirs, donees or legatees mentioned in b actually continues to run the business for three years following the date of the transfer.
d) In the event of non-compliance with the condition set out in b as a result of a gift, the partial exemption granted in respect of the free transfer is not called into question, provided that the donee(s) is (are) the descendant(s) of the donor and that the donee(s) continues the commitment set out in b until the end of its term.