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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1393

…hose that are expressly exempted by the provisions of the present code.It is due in particular for land occupied by railways, quarries, mines and peat bogs, ponds, salt works and salt marshes as well…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1394 C

Municipal councils and the deliberative bodies of public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status may, by a decision taken under the conditions provided for in I of Arti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1398

In the event of loss of standing crops as a result of hail, frost, flooding, fire or other extraordinary events, a proportional reduction in the property tax relating for the current year to the plots…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Provisions common to property tax on built-up and non-built-up properties

Article 1399

…assessment of property tax on built properties, the rental value of the motive power of waterfalls and their facilities used by licensed hydraulic companies or with a power greater than 500 kilowatts…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Provisions common to property tax on built-up and non-built-up properties

Article 1400

I. - Subject to the provisions of Articles 1403 and 1404, all property, whether built or unbuilt, must be taxed in the name of the current owner.II. - When a property is encumbered by usufruct or leas…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Council tax

Article 1408

…he disposal or enjoyment of the taxable premises. However, for the taxation referred to in article 1407 bis, the tax is established in the name of the owner, the usufructuary, the lessee of the constr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Council tax

Article 1413

…x Procedures.II. - When, in respect of a year, an assessment of council tax on secondary residences and other furnished premises not used as a main residence has been made in the name of a person othe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Property tax on built-up properties

Article 1388 quinquies C

…accordance with the conditions set out in I of Article 1639 A bis, the property tax base for shops and boutiques within the meaning of Article 1498, whose main surface area is less than 400 square me…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Property tax on built-up properties

Article 1388 nonies

…p to a limit of 10%, when these properties are leased or made available to La Poste by their owners and are used exclusively for one or more of the activities mentioned in I and the first two paragrap…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1394 B

Non-built properties classified in the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth and ninth categories defined in article 18 of the ministerial instruction of 31 December 1908, not exempt purs…

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