BER (Bassin d'Emploi à Redynamiser) : une fiscalité attractive dans les Ardennes

The French Ardennes, a place with low taxes

Set up a business in the Ardennes, in the BER area and benefit from highly and unique in France tax incentive for 5 years.

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Ardennes Développement, your sole contact for success in the heart of Europe

Ardennes Développement is the gateway for your investment project in the Ardennes. It unites the strengths of all the political and economic players in the Ardennes department. We will support you in your continued development and the search for profitability for your investments.

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Our missions

  • To welcome your company, facilitate its establishment and support you in your growth.
  • To inform you and create awareness of the competitive advantages of the Ardennes Department.
  • To participate in the development of industries and centres of excellence in the department.

Our promise

To be your sole contact and to mobilise all the resources of the Ardennes to ensure your success, confidentially and responsively.

Our approach

Ardennes Développement combines the operational abilities and expertise of all the economic players in the region: the Conseil Départemental, Agglomération Charleville-Mézières/Sedan, the 8 Communautés de Communes, Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie, Chambre de Métiers et de l’Artisanat and Chambre d’Agriculture.

Logo Champagne-ArdenneWe work in close partnership with ID Champagne-Ardenne, the agency for innovation and regional economic development, which is our intermediary with Business France, and which promotes our property offerings to foreign investors.

We make this economic firepower freely available in the support of your project through every phase of its implementation.

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At a business leaders’ meeting in May, the president of Ardenne Métropole, Boris Ravignon, introduced the brand new regional incubator Rimbaud’Tech

RIMBAUD’TECH: networking innovation

News
published on 07/31/2017
At a business leaders’ meeting in May, the president of Ardenne Métropole, Boris Ravignon, introduced the brand new regional incubator Rimbaud’Tech. Given that new law dictates regions and main cities to be responsible for economic development, Ardenne Métropole needed to develop a tool which would...
The Technological Industries’ Training Hub is an integrated regional training organisation. It is part of the national UIMM network developed by and for manufacturers, has three offices in French Ardennes (at Charleville-Mézières and Sedan) and a total of eight in the Champagne-Ardenne region

Pôle Formation des Industries Technologiques (Technological industries’ Training Hub): customised skills development

Infrastructures
published on 07/31/2017
The Technological Industries’ Training Hub is an integrated regional training organisation. It is part of the national UIMM network developed by and for manufacturers, has three offices in French Ardennes (at Charleville-Mézières and Sedan) and a total of eight in the Champagne-Ardenne region.  ...
Rotoplus is based in Tournes, in French Ardennes

ROTOPLUS: plastics in all its guises

Economy
published on 07/31/2017
Rotoplus is based in Tournes, in French Ardennes. The company started in 1987 and is an industrial subcontractor specialised in rotomolded products. Rotomolding, also known as rotational moulding, is a technology that creates hollows in plastic of any size, shape or colour. This is a particularly...
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Site industriel de 4.200 m² divisibles

ST GERMAINMONT
Surface max. 4 200 m²
Divisible à partir de 630 m²
Contrat For sale, For rent

Site industriel de 4.200 m² divisibles, composé de :

  • 6 ha de foncier
  • un bâtiment industriel de 3.734 m² (dont 700 m² de bureaux) divisibles, avec ponts roulants
  • un bâtiment de bureaux en entrée de site de 445 m² divisibles en 4 lots
    • ...

Pôle d'entreprises tertiaires de 220 m² divisibles

LUCQUY
Surface max. 50 m²
Divisible à partir de 20 m²
Contrat For rent

1 espace de 217 m² à 10 minutes de l'échangeur 14 sur l'A34 comprenant :

  • 2 bureaux meublés de 20 m²
  • 1 bureau de 37 m²
  • 1 bureau de 50 m²
  • 1 salle de réunion meublée de 29 m² avec coin kitchenette
  • espaces de stockage
  • ...

Hôtel d'entreprises de 240 m² divisibles

TOURNES
Surface max. 120 m²
Contrat For rent

Situé au 1er étage du Pôle d'Ingénierie sur le Parc d'Activités Ardennes Emeraude à Tournes-Cliron, 120 m² de bureaux sont proposés à la location.

Pôle d'entreprises de 3.200 m² divisibles

POIX TERRON
Surface max. 150 m²
Contrat For rent

Local d'activité de 150 m² disponible au sein du Pôle d'entreprises de Poix-Terron, avec accès direct depuis l'A34.

  • 1 bureau de 12 m²
  • 1 atelier de 133 m²
  • Sol béton
  • Parking enrobé

Bâtiment industriel de 3.000 m²

DONCHERY
Surface max. 3 000 m²
Contrat For sale, For rent

Sur un terrain clos de 2 ha, bâtiment en structure métallique d'une surface de 3.000 m² destiné à des activités industrielles.

  • Un ensemble de bureaux de 365 m²
  • 2 ponts roulants (5T chacun)
  • 3 portes à ouverture électrique (1 frontale et 2...

Bâtiment industriel de 2.385 m²

MOUZON
Surface max. 2 385 m²
Contrat For rent

Bâtiment industriel récent de 2.385 m², composé de :

  • 385 m² de bureaux
  • 2.000 m² d'atelier

Bâtiment industriel de 1.450 m²

BLAGNY
Surface max. 1 450 m²
Contrat For sale, For rent

Bâtiment industriel construit en 1996, composé d’un atelier de 900 m² et de locaux de services de 550 m².

Un sous-sol de 398 m² vient compléter la superficie exploitable (vestiaires, chaufferie, cafétéria, sanitaires…).

  • Accès poids lourds aux bâtiments...

Bâtiment industriel de 3.150 m²

CARIGNAN
Surface max. 3 150 m²
Contrat For sale, For rent

Bâtiment industriel construit dans les années 80 et 90, composé d’ateliers d’une superficie de 2.100 m² et de locaux de services de 650 m².

Un sous-sol de 392 m² vient compléter la superficie exploitable.

  • Accès poids lourds aux bâtiments, avec portes...

Bureaux de 300 m² divisibles

SEDAN
Surface max. 300 m²
Divisible à partir de 140 m²
Contrat For rent

Bureaux lumineux et modulables sur 2 niveaux, situé en centre ville de Sedan et à proximité de la gare TGV.

Détail des surfaces :

  • RDC de 160 m²
  • R+1 de 140 m²

Bâtiment tertiaire de 1.000 m²

CHARLEVILLE MEZIERES
Surface max. 1 000 m²
Contrat For rent

Ensemble de bureaux de 1.000 m² en hyper centre de Charleville-Mézières, et à proximité de la gare TGV.

Détail des surfaces :

  • RDC de 288 m²
  • R+1 de 350 m²
  • R+2 de 144 m²

10 places de parking disponibles.

Ateliers artisanaux de 1.050 m² divisibles

BOGNY SUR MEUSE
Surface max. 700 m²
Divisible à partir de 350 m²
Contrat For rent

Les ateliers artisanaux de Bogny-sur-Meuse sont un bâtiment de 1.050 m² composé de 3 cellules (dont 2 disponibles) de 350 m² couplables :

  • Voirie lourde pour accès camions, parkings VL individualisés
  • Site clôturé
  • Porte sectionnelle de 4,5 m...

Ateliers artisanaux de 1.050 m² divisibles

SEDAN
Surface max. 720 m²
Divisible à partir de 360 m²
Contrat For rent

A proximité immédiate de l'A34, les ateliers artisanaux de Sedan sont un bâtiment de 1.050 m² composé de 3 cellules de 360 m² couplables.

  • Voirie lourde pour accès camions, parkings VL individualisés
  • Site clôturé
  • Porte sectionnelle de 4,5 m...

Your 8 good reasons to set up in the Ardennes

#1Excellent accessibility

Access to a pool of 110 million inhabitants, within half a day's drive

The Ardennes is at a crossroads on the Amsterdam-Marseille and Berlin-Paris autoroutes:

This privileged location puts your company at the centre of a huge pool of 110 million Europeans with a high level of training and a purchasing power amongst the highest in the world.

The Ardennes provides ease of access for you and your clients:

  • 2 hours from Brussels and Paris, 3 hours from Düsseldorf by road
  • TGV links
  • 4 international airports: Brussels-Charleroi, Brussels-Zaventem, Luxembourg and Roissy Charles de Gaulle less than two hours by road
  • Superfast fibre optic broadband network expanding rapidly

The Ardennes is your ideal transport hub:

  • The river port at Givet for the movement of heavy cargo
  • Land available along the autoroute waiting to house your business
  • A rail freight transport link of international importance, between the Channel Tunnel and Basel

#2A competitive property offering

Get all the space you need to grow

The Ardennes means a regional offering adapted to and available for your company:

  • A highly competitive offering of land and buildings with the space you need to develop your business
  • Industrial and tertiary estates spread throughout the region – and all with easy access to autoroutes
  • Just over 200 ha of building land available
  • A rapid and bespoke response to your property needs
  • Quality property in a preserved, uncrowded environment

We are also well on the way to providing superfast broadband coverage throughout the region.

#3Attractive system of taxation

Be more competitive with our advantageous measures

Wherever you decide to set up your business in the Ardennes, depending on your project, you can expect highly advantageous exemption arrangements.

All of the 463 communes of the Ardennes are eligible for one or two of the following arrangements:

  • Bassin d’Emploi à Redynamiser (BER): Exemption for 5 years from tax and social security charges
  • Zone de Revitalisation Rurale (ZRR): Exemption from tax burden for 5 years, and 12 months for social security charges

These exemptions are limited by the European Union to 200 K€ per company over a period of three financial years (de minimis rule).

Additional advantage: in 120 communes spread across the entire department, you will also be in an Aides à Finalité Régionale (AFR) area, which benefit from regional grants. As an option , the ‘de minimis’ limit can be removed in favour of a grant based on the amount of your productive investment and the number of people you employ (from 10% to 30% depending on the size of your company).

With these arrangements, which are backed up by the efforts of local authorities, you will find that the Ardennes offers the best conditions to enable you to devote the majority of your added value to the satisfying your clients.

#4Advantageous energy costs

Get energy supplies from a range of sources at highly competitive prices

France has the lowest energy costs in Europe

The Ardennes is also at the cutting edge of the energy mix, combining nuclear, hydroelectric and wind power.

It should be noted that the Champagne-Ardenne region is France’s biggest producer of wind power in terms of megawatts.

Source: Eurostat 2012

#5A quality living environment

Come to share and enjoy our preserved and dynamic environment

We have succeeded in preserving our countryside and quality of life.

The Ardennes offers an attractive lifestyle, environment, services and housing:

  • Different landscapes, ideal for ‘green’ sporting activities, which today offer an economic opportunity in their own right
  • A high quality artistic and cultural life, with world-renowned artists, events and sites
  • Quality housing stock at very competitive prices
  • Quality educational establishments, an increasingly important university centre that’s adapted to the needs of business, and proximity to the great European universities

When you establish your business in the Ardennes, you are sure of a warm welcome, of being able to make your voice heard and of becoming part of something special.

#6A reliable workforce

Discover the greatest asset of the Ardennes, its women and its men

The Ardennais are heirs to a glorious industrial past, but with their faces turned resolutely towards future industrial, service and trade businesses.

Their reputation for taking pride in a job well done and their entrepreneurial spirit is richly deserved. Many of them have maintained their unequalled and highly sought-after savoir-faire in the field of industrial processing. Others have rapidly mastered new professions, as can be seen in numerous recent examples. Above all, our young people are well trained and love their region.

#7First class centres of innovation

Take advantage of our centres of excellence in innovation and research, Ardennes

Take advantage of our centres of excellence in innovation and research

As a region with an industrial and agricultural tradition, we are proud of our centres of excellence in innovation and research:

Two centres for competitive advantage:

  • MATERALIA (leading cluster for collaborative innovation in Materials and Processes)
  • IAR cluster (Industries and Agro-Resources)

The biggest CRITT (regional centre for innovation and technology transfer) in France in the field of materials characterisation.

MICADO, skills centre of national level, interfacing research and industry in the field of collaborative engineering and digital simulation.

#8Great international opportunities

Become part of our very strong culture of exporting

The economy of the Ardennes makes a major contribution to the equilibrium and balance of France.

In 2013, the total exports for the Ardennes represented 1.99 billion euros, against 1.37 billion euros worth of imports.

The export cover rate of 157%, the highest in Champagne-Ardenne, demonstrates a genuine history of knowhow, particularly amongst industrial companies.

* Source: INSEE

The founding members

Ardennes Développement combines the operational abilities and expertise of all the economic players in the region.

Grand Est

  • Conseil Département des Ardennes
  • Chambre d'Agriculture des Ardennes
  • Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie des Ardennes
  • Chambre des Métiers et de l'Artisanat des Ardennes
  • Communauté d'Agglomération de Charleville-Mézières / Sedan
  • Communauté de Communes Ardenne Rives de Meuse
  • Communauté de Communes Ardennes Thiérache
  • Communauté de Communes de l'Argonne Ardennaise
  • Communauté de Communes des Crêtes Préardennaises
  • Communauté de Communes Vallées et Plateau d’Ardenne
  • Communauté de Communes Portes du Luxembourg
  • Communauté de Communes du Pays Rethélois

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