1. Communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status may, by a deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in I of l’article 1639 A bis, exempt from property tax on built properties up to 50% or 100% the construction of new housing completed from 1st January 2009 whose high level of overall energy performance, determined under conditions set by decree, is higher than that required by current legislation.
The deliberation concerns the share due to each commune or public establishment for inter-communal cooperation with its own tax authority.
This exemption applies from the year following that of completion of the construction, for a period that each commune or public establishment for inter-communal cooperation with its own tax authority determines and which may not be less than five years.
2. When the conditions required to benefit from the exemption provided for in article 1383 are met and in the absence of a deliberation to the contrary taken in accordance with I of the same article, the exemption under this article applies from the third year following that of the completion of the construction.
3. In order to benefit from the exemption, the owner must submit a declaration to the tax department of the place where the building is located, before 1st January of the first year for which the exemption is applicable, containing all the information required to identify the property. This declaration must be accompanied by all evidence that the building meets the energy performance criteria mentioned in 1.