Section 1: Operating revenue

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Article L2331-3

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force

Updated 7 Nov 2023

Fiscal revenue in the operating section may include:

a) The proceeds of taxes and duties whose assessment and collection take place in the forms provided for in the General Tax Code, namely:

1° The proceeds of property tax on built-up properties, property tax on non-built-up properties, council tax on second homes and other furnished premises not allocated to the principal dwelling, the business property tax and the flat-rate tax on network companies;

2° The proceeds of the household waste collection tax ;

3° The fraction of the net proceeds of the value added tax collected in application of A to C of XXIV of Article 55 of Law no. 2022-1726 of 30 December 2022 on the finances for 2023;

4° The proceeds of the contribution on mineral water ;

5° The proceeds of the tax on boules and skittle games involving electromechanical devices;

6° The proceeds of the tax on commercial surfaces;

7° The proceeds of the taxes provided for in Articles 1528, 1529, 1530 and 1530 bis of the General Tax Code.

b) The following revenues:

1° The communal share provided for in I of article L. 2333-2;

2° The proceeds of the tax on advertising levied on posters, advertisements and illuminated signs, the tax on advertising vehicles and the tax on fixed advertising spaces;

3° In the communes referred to in article L. 2333-26, the proceeds of the tourist tax or flat-rate tourist tax;

4° The proceeds of the tax on ski lifts;

5° The proceeds of the progressive levy on the proceeds of gambling in casinos ;

6° The proceeds from the fees charged at market halls, fairs and markets in accordance with duly established tariffs;

7° The payment intended for public transport;

8° The repayment from the Fonds national de garantie individuelle des ressources;

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