I. – Land planted with truffle trees is, with effect from 1 January 1991, exempt from property tax on undeveloped property for the fifteen years following the year in which it was planted, by decision of the departmental and regional councils, in respect of the share allocated respectively to each of the communities concerned.
To benefit from this exemption, before 1 January of the year in respect of which the exemption becomes applicable, the owner must make a declaration to the tax department, together with the necessary supporting documents, indicating in particular the list of plots concerned and the year in which they were planted. This declaration must be submitted before 1 September 1991 for exemptions applicable from 1 January 1991.
Deliberations by local authorities and their groupings with their own tax system taken pursuant to article 81 of the 1990 finance law (n° 89-935 of 29 December 1989) are applicable under the conditions set out in the first paragraph.
II. – From 1st January 2005, land newly planted with truffle trees is exempt from property tax on undeveloped property for the first fifty years of sowing, planting or replanting.