Acquisitions of properties in the nature of woods and forests and bare land not subject to a prohibition on afforestation, recorded in a notarised deed signed before 1 January 2005, are exempt from any levy for the benefit of the Treasury if the purchaser undertakes in the deed of acquisition to reforest the bare land within a period of five years and to present within the same period one of the guarantees of sustainable management provided for in the article L. 8 of the Forestry Code.
From 1st January 2005, the departmental councils and the municipal councils may each exempt their share of the acquisitions mentioned in the first paragraph and evidenced by a notarised deed signed before 1st January 2011. The deliberation takes effect within the timeframe and under the conditions set out in article 1594 E.
Where, subsequent to the signing of the deed, a legislative or regulatory provision or an administrative decision enacts a prohibition on afforestation, the purchaser is released from his undertaking (1).