
Article 1 
The exemption from corporate tax in favour of autonomous ports (some of which are now classified as major seaports), maritime chambers of commerce, chambers of commerce and industry managing port installations, municipalities which are concessionaires of public equipment owned by the State in the seaports, and undertakings to which they may have entrusted the operation of that equipment, constitutes an existing State aid scheme which is incompatible with the internal market.
Article 2 

1. France shall remove the corporate tax exemption referred to in Article 1 and subject the entities for which this exemption applies to corporate tax.
2. The measure by which France fulfils its obligations under paragraph 1 shall be adopted before the end of the calendar year running on the date of notification of this Decision. This measure shall apply at the latest to the income from the economic activities generated from the start of the tax year following its adoption.
Article 3 
France shall inform the Commission, within two months of the date of notification of this Decision, of the measures taken to comply with it.
Article 4 
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Done at Brussels, 27 July 2017.
For the Commission
Margrethe VESTAGER
Member of the Commission