For the application of this section, aid granted in the forms provided for in Article L. 1511-3 for the financing of real estate projects under leasing and hire-purchase contracts is considered to be investment aid.
This aid can only be granted if the leasing or hire-purchase contract still has a duration of at least five years after the anticipated completion date of the investment project. Where the beneficiary company is a small or medium-sized enterprise 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, this duration is three years.