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French Sports CodeIn force
Preliminary subsection: Prohibition on using the services of a person who has been the subject of an anti-doping sanction

Article R232-41-16

…t of their sporting or professional activity, the services of the persons mentioned in I of article L. 232-9-1.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Automatic and optional exemptions

Article 1635 quater D

…pments carried out within the perimeters of operations of national interest provided for in article L. 102-12 of the town planning code when the cost of public facilities, the list of which is set by…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Tax base

Article 1635 quater K

Public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status with jurisdiction over a local town planning plan or a land use plan and the communes may, by a decision taken under the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Tax base

Article 1635 quater I

I.-A 50% allowance is applied to the values mentioned in 1° of Article 1635 quater H for: 1° Residential and accommodation premises and their annexes mentioned in Articles 278 sexies and 296 ter and,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Tax base

Article 1635 quater J

The flat-rate value of installations and facilities is set as follows: 1° For pitches for tents, caravans and mobile leisure homes, €3,000 per pitch; 2° For pitches for light leisure dwellings, €10,00…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Tax rates

Article 1635 quater O

For the calculation of the municipal or inter-municipal share of the development tax, if the construction or development project is carried out in sectors with different rates pursuant to articles 163…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Tax rates

Article 1635 quater M

I.-The rate of development tax set by a commune or a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation with its own tax status may not be less than 1% and may not exceed 5%. II.-The rate of developm…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Tax base

Article 1635 quater H

The development tax base is made up of: 1° The product of the surface area of the building by the value per square metre of this surface area, set at a flat rate of €885 for municipalities outside the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Tax rates

Article 1635 quater N

…5% being voted in one or more sectors, the contributions mentioned in d of 2° and in 3° of Article L. 332-6-1 of the town planning code, in their wording prior to the entry into force of the loi n° 2…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Audits and complaints

Article 1635 quater S

The person liable for the development tax may obtain total or partial discharge, reduction or refund: 1° If the constructions are demolished by virtue of a decision of the civil judge; 2° In the event…

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