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Showing 17711780 of 2313 articles for Art. 1589-2 · CGI Art. 680 · TGI Bordeaux 5 January 1977

French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Household waste collection tax

Article 1520

I. - Municipalities that provide at least household waste collection may institute a tax intended to provide for the expenses of the household waste collection and treatment service and the waste ment…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Household waste collection tax

Article 1524

In the event of a vacancy lasting more than three months, the tax may be discharged or reduced on the basis of a complaint submitted in accordance with the conditions laid down in such cases for prope…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Tax on commercial wasteland

Article 1530

…for property assessed pursuant to article 1498, with the exception of those referred to in article 1500, which are no longer assigned to an activity falling within the scope of the business property t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Tax on hydrocarbon exploration

Article 1590

…article L. 142-2 of the Mining Code and according to the following rates per square kilometre: 1° €5 per square kilometre per year, for the first period of validity; 2° €10 per square kilometre per y…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Household waste collection tax

Article 1525

In communes with a total population not exceeding 5,000 inhabitants, the deliberations of the municipal councils relating to the tax for the removal of household waste may provide that the total reven…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
F: Tax for the management of aquatic environments and flood prevention

Article 1530 bis

…of this competence to one or more mixed syndicates under the conditions provided for in Articles L. 5711-1 to L. 5721-9 of the General Code of Territorial Authorities.However, public establishments fo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Tariff

Article 1560

…0% for the fraction between €0 and €100,000; 30% for the portion in excess of €100,000 and up to €1,500,000; > 40% for the portion in excess of €1,500,000 40% for the portion in excess of €1,500,000 a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Business value added tax

Article 1586 quater

I. - The rate applied to the added value mentioned in 1 of II of Article 1586 ter is calculated as follows:a) For companies with a turnover of less than €500,000, the rate is zero;b) For companies wit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Additional tax on certain registration duties

Article 1584 ter

Municipalities may, by a resolution passed under the conditions provided for in Article 1639 A bis, to exempt from additional tax on registration duties or land registration tax transfers, other than…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Household waste collection tax

Article 1522

…for dwellings occupied by civil servants and civilian or military employees referred to in article 1523 is equal to their rental value determined under the conditions provided for in article 1494 and…

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