I. – Companies that benefit from the exemptions provided for in Articles 44 sexies and 44 quindecies may be temporarily exempted, under the conditions set out in Article 1464 C, from the business property tax for which they are liable, for the establishments they have created or taken over, from the year following that of their creation.
II. – Companies may only benefit from this exemption if they have submitted a request to the tax department of each of the establishments concerned, before 1st January of the year following that in which the establishment was created or taken over, certifying that they meet the conditions required in I; they declare each year the items falling within the scope of the exemption.
III. – When an establishment qualifies for the temporary business property tax exemption provided for in Article 1465 and the exemption from business property tax provided for in I, the company must opt for one or other of these schemes. This option is irrevocable.
III bis. – The benefit of the exemption is subject to compliance with the same Community regulation as that applied for the exemption from which the company benefits on the basis of Article 44 sexies or Article 44 quindecies, as the case may be.
IV. – The provisions of the ninth paragraph of article 1465 apply to this article.