If the mayor or the president of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation finds that an advertising medium has not been declared within the time limits specified in the first paragraph of article L. 2333-14, it shall give formal notice to the operator of this medium by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to submit a declaration within thirty days of notification of the formal notice.
Failure to file a declaration within thirty days of notification of this formal notice, the mayor or the president of the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation shall send the operator a duly reasoned notice of compulsory taxation by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, at least thirty days before the assessment of the tax.
This notice indicates the nature, location and surface area operated of each advertising medium giving rise to an adjustment, as well as the elements for calculating the tax to be paid, specifying the rate applicable to the medium, any applicable reductions or exemptions, and the conditions for applying the pro rata temporis rule.
It indicates, under penalty of nullity, the rights resulting from the rectifications, the channels and deadlines for appeal open to the operator as well as the option for him to be assisted by a counsel of his choice to present his observations.
Within thirty days of notification of the notice of compulsory taxation, the operator may submit his observations to the mayor or the president of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation. The mayor or president of the public inter-municipal cooperation body then makes known its final position in a duly reasoned response, notified within fifteen days of receipt of the operator’s observations. This response shall mention, under penalty of nullity, the rights resulting from the rectifications as well as the channels and deadlines for legal recourse.
The mayor or the president of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation settles the amount due in the light of the tax base elements determined at the end of the ex officio taxation procedure and issues the enforceable revenue order mentioning the tax bases retained against the taxpayer.