II. – The application of I is subject to the condition that the transferee undertakes to complete the premises intended for residential use within four years of the date of acquisition. Failure by the transferee to comply with the undertaking to complete the premises intended for residential use referred to in the first paragraph will result in the application of the fine provided for in IV of Article 1764. As an exception to the second paragraph, the fine provided for in IV of article 1764 is not due when the transferee does not comply with the undertaking to complete the premises due to exceptional circumstances beyond its control. Nor is it due in the event of redundancy, disability corresponding to classification in the second or third of the categories provided for in article L. 341-4 of the Social Security Code or the death of the taxpayer or one of the spouses subject to joint taxation. In the event of a company merger, the commitment entered into by the transferee is not broken when the absorbing company undertakes, in the merger deed, to take the place of the absorbed company with regard to compliance with the commitment to complete the premises within the remaining period. Failure by the acquiring company to comply with the undertaking to complete the premises will result in the application of the fine provided for the transferee.