Municipalities and their public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax authority may, by means of a general decision taken under the conditions defined in I of article 1639 A bis, exempt from business property tax the activities of public administrative higher education or research establishments managed by industrial and commercial activity departments mentioned in article L. 533-2 of the Research Code and to article L. 711-1of the Education Code.
The establishments concerned must declare each year, to the tax department, the items falling within the scope of the exemption.