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Article 1588 of the French General Tax Code

I. – Royalties relating to substances other than crude oil are allocated to the department in whose territory the concession is located. If the concession extends over several départements, the royalty is allocated between these départements in proportion to the tonnage extracted, during the past year, in each of their respective territories.

The royalty on coal extracted in foreign territory is allocated to the département in which the extraction wells and installations are located.

II. – The procedures for distributing the sums derived from the departmental mining royalty on crude oil shall be laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat (1).

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Article 1588

I. – La redevance portant sur des substances autres que le pétrole brut est attribuée au département sur le territoire duquel se trouve la concession. Si la concession s’étend sur plusieurs départements, la redevance est répartie entre ces départements au prorata du tonnage extrait, au cours de l’année écoulée, sous chacun de leurs territoires respectifs.

La redevance sur les charbons extraits sous territoire étranger est attribuée au département dans lequel se trouvent les puits et installations d’extraction.

II. – Les modalités de répartition des sommes provenant de la redevance départementale des mines sur le pétrole brut sont fixées par décret en Conseil d’Etat (1).

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