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Showing 25712580 of 27949 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 12-DCC-83 du 13 Jun 2012

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

Article 1388 septies

…time ports pursuant to Article L. 5312-16 of the French Transport Code is subject to a degressive reduction.This reduction applies for the five years following the year in which the transfer of owners…

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

Article 1391 B

Taxpayers aged over sixty-five on 1 January of the tax year other than those referred to in article 1391 benefit from an automatic reduction of €100 in property tax on built-up properties relating to…

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

Article 1395 H

…not apply to undeveloped properties that benefit from the total exemptions provided for in articles 1394 C, 1395 à 1395 E et 1649. The I of article 1394 B bis and the partial exemptions provided for i…

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

Article 1388 octies

…and Housing Code is subject to a rebate of up to 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90% or 100% for the duration of the lease.To benefit from this deduction, the person liable for the tax must send the ta…

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

Article 1395 G

…of the ministerial instruction of 31 December 1908 when they are farmed according to the organic production method provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic produc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-13

…in whose interest the medium was created. When the medium is created after 1st January, the tax is due from the first day of the month following that in which the medium was created. Where the suppor…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: COMMUNE SECTION

Article L2411-13

…end of a period of five years from the merger pronounced by the decree provided for in article L. 2113-5 as it read prior to Law no. 2010-1563 of 16 December 2010 on the reform of territorial communit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: REAL ESTATE SUBJECT TO AN EXCLUSIVE RIGHT OF USE

Article L2421-13

Notwithstanding any legislative or regulatory provisions or any contractual stipulations, the extinction of the rights of use referred to in article L. 2421-1 puts an end, without prejudice to any rig…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article L2511-13

…t set by the Mayor of the municipality or by the Mayor of Paris. Except in the case of an emergency duly recorded by the municipal council or the Paris council, this period may not be less than fiftee…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Administration and municipal services

Article L2542-13

…being committed in burial places, or any act being permitted there that is contrary to the respect due to the memory of the dead.

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