For the assessment of local taxes, the rental values of specific port handling tools, equipment and facilities transferred or having been the subject of a transfer of real rights under the conditions provided for in articles 7, 8 and 9 of law no. 2008-660 of 4 July 2008 on port reform to an operator running a terminal are subject to a reduction equal to 100% for the first two years for which the assets transferred are included in the tax base of this operator; this reduction is reduced to 75%, 50% and 25% respectively for each of the following three years.
Companies intending to benefit from these provisions must declare each year to the tax department the items falling within the scope of the allowance.
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.