I. – The representative of the administration and the communal direct tax commission draw up the list of reference premises referred to in article 1496, determine their weighted surface area and establish the corresponding assessment rates.
The tax department harmonises the assessment elements from one municipality to another and adopts them definitively unless an appeal is lodged under the conditions defined in II. It notifies them to the mayor, who must post them at the town hall within five days.
In the event of disagreement between the representative of the administration and the commission, or when the latter refuses to lend its assistance, the assessment elements are determined by the tax department under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph.
II. – Within three months of posting, these elements may be contested both by the mayor, duly authorised by the municipal council, and by owners and tenants on condition that the claimants own or hold for rent more than one tenth of the total number of premises in the municipality or municipal sector concerned, each premises being counted only once.
The dispute is submitted to the commission provided for in article 1651 which gives a final ruling.