I. – Municipalities and their public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status may, by means of a general decision taken under the conditions laid down in I of l’article 1639 A bis, exempt from property tax on built-up properties for a period of seven years buildings belonging to a company created until 31 December 2025 and meeting, during the reference period mentioned in article 1467 A, under the conditions set out in 1°, 3°, 4° and 5° of article 44 sexies-0 A and in which it carries out its business on 1st January of the tax year. Where the property belongs to a company in existence on 1 January 2004, the company must have been created less than eight years previously on 1 January of the tax year.
The exemption applies to the entire share accruing to each municipality or public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax system. It ceases to apply definitively from the year following the seventh anniversary of the creation of the business or, if earlier, from the second year following the period mentioned in the first paragraph during which the business no longer meets one of the conditions set by 1°, 3°, 4° and 5° of Article 44 sexies-0 A.
The benefit of the exemption 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.
When the conditions required to benefit from the exemption provided for in Article 1383 A or those provided for in this Article are met, the taxpayer must opt for one or other of these schemes before 1 January of the year in respect of which the exemption takes effect. The option is irrevocable and applies to all local authorities.
II. – For properties that may be exempted under I, a declaration must be submitted before 1st January of the first year from which the taxpayer may, in respect of the property concerned, benefit from the exemption. This declaration must include all the information required to identify the exempt property or properties.