Article 422-246 into force since 27 December 2025

The market value and the replacement value of the forestry investment company shall be established by the management company at the end of each financial year and, for open-ended forestry investment companies or closed-ended forestry investment companies that are carrying out a capital increase, at the interim accounting position at the end of the first half of the financial year, on the basis of:

1. A valuation of the market value of woodlands, forests, vacant land to be planted, and the accessories and outbuildings listed in Article R. 214-162 of the Monetary and Financial Code, the assets of forestry groups and companies where the sole business is ownership of woodlands and forests and in which the forestry investment company holds at least 50 per cent of the equity interest, carried out on the basis of the latest value determined by one or more independent forest appraisers on the list of forest appraisers provided for in Article R. 171-9 of the Rural Code, in accordance with the conditions set out in Article R. 214-175 of the Monetary and Financial Code;

2. The market value of equity interests held or acquired in forestry groups and companies where the sole business is ownership of woodlands and forests and in which the forestry investment company holds less than 50 per cent of the equity interest. This market value shall be provided in the form of a certificate or a written valuation by the manager of each forestry group or company where the sole business is ownership of woodlands and forests. The management company shall then ensure that the proposed market value of the shares held or acquired is representative of the market for shares during the financial year or, where applicable, during the relevant half-year of the financial year for open-ended forestry investment companies and for closed-ended forestry investment companies that are carrying out a capital increase, or valued according to the rules that govern the valuation of forestry assets;

3. The net value of other assets.

Each forestry property must be appraised prior to acquisition and at least once every 15 years.

The appraisal shall be updated every three years by the forestry appraiser(s), unless exceptional events, works or harvesting require a new update sooner. An event shall be deemed to be exceptional if it affects more than 20 per cent of the land area of a forestry property or involves an amount greater than 20 per cent of the valuation.

A second appraisal shall be made after the tenth anniversary of the forestry investment company covering at least 20 per cent of the forest properties of the company each year, so that all the forest properties have been appraised by the end of the fourteenth year.

The brief of the independent forest appraiser(s) shall cover all the forest properties of the forestry investment company, except for the properties referred to in the second point of the first paragraph of this Article.

A newly appointed forest appraiser shall have the right to update appraisals conducted in the last fifteen years.

The appraisals must be made in compliance with the appropriate forest appraisal methods and recommendations, and in compliance with professional practices.