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DMS ENGINEERING

Active Private limited companyfounded 2018active for 8 yearsRue Branche Planchard 23, 4420 Saint-NicolasKBO/BCE: BE 0692.553.076
DMS ENGINEERING
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Overview

Lifetime

7 annual accounts with figures on one time axis
peak €34,388 (2023)
€22,226▼ 35.4%
lowest -€16,608 (2022)
€15,576▼ 42.5%
peak €66,609 (2021)
€64,677▲ 6.7%
€49,387▼ 4.1%
Board2 names since 2018
1 directorDHAMEN Mohamed
Documentsfilings and deeds
28-10-202589 days late
2024micro format
Gross margin from €34,388 to €22,226Result from €27,071 to €15,576Reappointment: DAHMEN Mohamed (director) 19-09Dividend €11,500

Key points

from the 2024 annual accounts

Equity

€64,677 ▲ 6.7%
60,6002023+15,576Profit-11,500Dividend64,6772024

DMS ENGINEERING paid out €11,500 in dividends. That is 74% of the 2024 profit.

Investments

€1,404 3.0 × depreciation
20232024

Green is investment, beige is depreciation.

Filings

7 annual accounts 102 days past the deadline
AprilJune31 JulyOctober2018202020222024

2025 accounts not filed: deadline was 31-07-2026.

Checked score

56
Fair
Financially stronger than 58% of micro companies in architecture and engineering (NACE 71)
Probability in this band: 1.5% to 4.2%

A confirmed filing finding caps the score at 59.

Bankruptcy probability within 12 months
0.7% Low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%

The dashed line is the sector median: 0.1% across 14,828 companies (NACE 71, micro).

About 7 in 1,000 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).

Last 24 months 12-2024: 0.2% 01-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 12-2024 02-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 01-2025 03-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 02-2025 04-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 03-2025 05-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 04-2025 06-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 05-2025 07-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 06-2025 08-2025: 0.3%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 07-2025 09-2025: 0.4%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 08-2025 10-2025: 0.7%▲ +0.3 percentage points vs 09-2025highest value 11-2025: 0.2%▼ -0.5 percentage points vs 10-2025 12-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 11-2025 01-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 12-2025 02-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 01-2026 03-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 02-2026 04-2026: 0.1%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 03-2026 05-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 04-2026lowest value 06-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 05-2026 07-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 06-2026 08-2026: 0.3%▲ +0.2 percentage points vs 07-2026 09-2026: 0.4%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 08-2026 10-2026: 0.7%▲ +0.3 percentage points vs 09-2026 11-2026: 0.7%● unchanged vs 10-2026

Financial strength
Strong

82+3equity 56.7% of total assets
79+1short-term debt 43.3% · cash 60.4%
86-13return on assets 13.7%

Score breakdown

raises risk
Capped at 59: a confirmed filing finding
1 financial year not filed after the legal deadline; last filed accounts filed 89 days late; 3 of the last 3 accounts late
Figures for financial year 2024 (filed on 28-10-2025)
lowers risk
Liquidity: current ratio 2.29, cash €68,930
Sector: Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis (NACE 71)
Calculation

The band follows from the bankruptcy probability. 10 more points roughly halve it.

75-100 Excellent under 0.55%
60-74 Healthy 0.55% to 1.5%
45-59 Fair 1.5% to 4.2%
25-44 Weak 4.2% to 15.0%
0-24 Critical over 15.0%

Where the company stands within its band depends half on the bankruptcy probability and half on how it does against its sector peers (NACE 71, micro). It does better than 54% of them on solvency, 68% on liquidity, 58% on profitability and 52% on growth.

The bankruptcy probability was computed on 09-11-2026 by the bankruptcy model of 2 October 2026, which learns from Belgian bankruptcies and reads the registers, the annual accounts and the Belgian Official Gazette.

The probability rests on the annual accounts with balance sheet date 31-12-2024.

Of the companies with a bankruptcy probability in the low class on 30-06-2025, 0.8% went bankrupt within twelve months.

Some facts cap the score, however low the probability. With negative or zero equity, a heavy loss, a special status in the KBO, one missing filing or accounts filed more than 90 days late, the score is Fair at most (59). With two missing filings, it is Weak at most (44). During a judicial reorganisation or at the company's end (bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation), it is Critical at most (24).

Comparable companies, two years later

In July 2024, 26,972 companies had the same profile as DMS ENGINEERING has now. Each dot stands for 68 companies, two years later.

94.9%
were still trading
3.4%
stopped another way
1.6%
went bankrupt
  • Micro
  • 5 to 10 years old
  • solvency 30% or more
  • a profit of 5% of the balance sheet or more

Another 0.1% stopped without a precise date, possibly only after those two years.

That fits the bankruptcy probability of DMS ENGINEERING itself: 0.7% within 12 months.

Test of the method

The method was tested on the 497,447 companies of July 2024. Each company was given the bankruptcy share of the same profile a year earlier, in July 2023. The expectation was that 1.6% would go bankrupt within 24 months. In fact 1.7% went bankrupt.

The companies in ten equal groups, from the lowest to the highest expected share
Group Expected Actual
1 0.2% 0.2%
2 0.3% 0.5%
3 0.5% 0.6%
4 0.7% 0.8%
5 0.9% 0.9%
6 1.3% 1.5%
7 1.6% 1.8%
8 1.8% 1.8%
9 3.0% 3.1%
10 5.6% 6.2%

A company that went bankrupt had a higher expected share than one that kept going in 74.5% of comparisons. The level depends on the economy. In a year with more bankruptcies than the year before, the actual share is higher than the expected one.

This is an observation about 26,972 companies, not a prediction for DMS ENGINEERING. The sector does not count, because the KBO no longer lists a sector for a company that has stopped. By sector, mostly the survivors would count, which would paint too rosy a picture.

Credit verdict

Credit of up to €3,500 on 30-day terms, only on tighter conditions: an expected filing is missing beyond Checked's processing allowance

Liquidity is ample, with a current ratio of 2.29 (2.14 in 2023), above the usual 1.5. Short-term debt is 43.3% and cash 60.4% of total assets. 43.3% of the assets are financed with debt and provisions.

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Signals

Six signals.
lowers riskraises risk
raises risk · 1 financial year not filed after the legal deadline; last filed accounts filed 89 days late; 3 of the last 3 accounts late
NBB · filings
raises risk · Figures for financial year 2024 (filed on 28-10-2025)
NBB · annual accounts
lowers risk · Liquidity: current ratio 2.29, cash €68,930
NBB · annual accounts
lowers risk · Sector: Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis (NACE 71)
KBO
raises risk · Annual accounts not filed
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2025 was due at the National Bank by 31-07-2026. Nothing is on record, 102 days later.
NBB · 7 filings
Position against the passed deadline
31-12-2025 year end31-07-2026 deadline10-11-2026 today
raises risk · 2024 accounts filed 89 days late
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2024 was due by 31-07-2025 and was filed on 28-10-2025, 89 days later. Nearly half (47%) of Belgian companies file late; of those that file 1 to 90 days late, 2.0% are now bankrupt, dissolved or in another special legal status, against 1.66% of all filers. A delay like this does not count in the score.
NBB · 7 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
not filed
2024
89 days late
2023
76 days late
2022
92 days late
2021
92 days late
2020
96 days late
2019
122 days late
← before the deadline after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filingsring = median in the sector

The company filed its last 6 accounts on average 95 days after the deadline. In the sector (NACE 71), the median for financial year 2024 was 8 days before the deadline, and 34% of those companies filed late.

Searched, nothing found (1)
neutral · No strike-offs in the KBO publications
That holds for every publication since 2021.
KBO publications

Board and ownership

DM
DHAMEN Mohamed
Director
Board & ownership

Recent changes

Registered in the Peppol Directory Reachable for e-invoices through 0208:0692553076
Reappointment: DAHMEN Mohamed (director) Permanent representative: DAHMEN Mohamed · “Le conseil en engineering (consulting) au sens le plus large du terme; L’étude et la réalisation de tous…” (deed in French) · General meeting of 29-12-2023 · Gazette deed
Registered office moved from Grâce-Hollogne to Saint-nicolas New registered office: rue Branche Planchard 23, bte 1 4420 Saint-nicolas · Previous registered office: rue Hayi 6 4460 GRACE HOLLOGNE · General meeting of 13-09-2018 · Gazette deed
First establishment
All 15 events

Comparable companies

same main activity, similar in size and age
Company
DMS ENGINEERING Saint-Nicolas €114,064 €22,226 56.7% -
GM Technic Froidchapelle €105,240 €22,729 83.4% -
Van Brabant Engineering Antwerp €129,886 €22,062 86.9% -
GM2 Villers-la-Ville €123,788 €22,356 16.5% -
Engineers out of the Box Sint-Katelijne-Waver €138,311 €26,106 94.5% -
FMI Consult Liège €90,967 €17,881 96.3% -
TLM ENGINEERING Blegny €98,420 €17,289 23.9% -

These companies have the same main activity as DMS ENGINEERING: engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors (NACE 71121). They are comparable in size and age: total assets between €91,000 and €138,000, founded between 2018 and 2019.

Official details

Source: KBO
Status
Active since 14-03-2018Normal situation
Activity
Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyorsNACE 71121
Establishment unit
2.278.939.180since 01-04-2018
Financial year end
31 December
Peppol
Reachable since 12-12-2025
Company details

Annual accounts 2024

€22,226▼ 35.4%
≈ €99,000estimated
€15,576▼ 42.5%
€64,677▲ 6.7%
€114,064▲ 1.7%
Filing
Filed on 28-10-2025
Financials

Insights on DMS ENGINEERING

DMS ENGINEERING files the micro format. That format states no turnover. The gross margin fell from €25,011 in 2018 to €22,226 in 2024.

Sources: KBO register, filings at the National Bank, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Annual accounts 2024

micro format, filed on 28-10-2025, 89 days late

2025 annual accounts not yet filed, deadline passed on 31 July 2026 The financial year closed on 31 December 2025. The accounts are due at the latest 7 months after the close (Companies Code art. 3:10). Source: NBB filings, as of 10 November 2026.

€22,226
▼ 35.4%
€21,758
▼ 36.2%
€22,226
▼ 35.4%
€16,044
▼ 41.4%
56.7%
▲ 2.6 percentage points
2.29
▲ 0.15

Money flows

no detail for 2024

Balance sheet

balance sheet total €114,064 on 31-12-2024
What the company ownsHow it is paid for

in euro

in euro

Position in the sector

Compare with sector

56.7%

Higher than 52% of 11,496 companies in 2024.

2.29

Higher than 52% of 11,250 companies in 2024.

13.7%

Higher than 56% of 11,331 companies in 2024.

DMS ENGINEERING Middle half of the sector 80% of the sector Micro accounts in architecture and engineering (NACE 71)

Net result: middle half · Equity: middle half · Balance sheet total: middle half · Working capital: middle half

Filed annual accounts

as filed with the National Bank, click a year to choose it
Line Trend2024202320222021202020192018
Balance sheet: assets
20/58 114,064112,10779,58195,22565,15370,59828,266
20 -000000
21/28 1,1362,0172002,3062,1062,1062,106
22/27 9361,8170----
24 9361,8170----
28 2002002002,3062,1062,1062,106
29/58 112,928110,09079,38192,91963,04768,49226,160
29 -----8,383-
291 -----8,383-
40/41 43,99855,13777,24256,13543,26246,46417,130
40 41,55341,45460,23552,60540,60946,46415,206
41 2,44513,68317,0073,5312,65301,924
54/58 68,93054,2762,13936,78319,78513,6459,030
490/1 -677-----
Balance sheet: equity and liabilities
10/49 114,064112,10779,58195,22565,15370,59828,266
10/15 64,67760,60050,00066,60961,42042,83121,272
10/11 2,9402,9402,9402,9402,9402,9402,940
10 -02,9402,940---
100 -02,9402,9402,9402,9402,940
101 ------0
11 2,9402,940-----
1109/19 2,9402,940-----
13 61,73757,66047,06063,66958,48039,89118,332
130/1 5,9465,9465,9465,9465,946--
130 -05,9465,9465,9465,9464,583
1311 5,9465,946-----
133 55,79151,71441,11557,72352,53433,94513,749
17/49 49,38751,50729,58128,6163,73427,7676,994
42/48 49,38751,50729,58128,6163,73427,7676,994
42 ----0-0
44 13,4194,9269,8245,0232,1751,608305
440/4 13,4194,9269,8245,0232,1751,608305
45 24,79130,11019,75723,5931,55926,1596,689
450/3 24,79130,11019,75723,5931,55920,6236,689
454/9 -00-05,5360
47/48 11,17716,471-----
Income statement
70 -0--112,200116,51877,040
9900 22,22634,388-8,69827,38519,89222,96625,011
60/61 -0--94,23195,41053,344
62 ----4,688--
630 468309----1,478
640/8 ---994---
66A --80154---
9901 21,75834,079-8,77826,23715,20422,96623,533
75/76B 28677--430--
75 28677--430--
65/66B 7871,1567,6841,0561,1611,310288
65 7871,1566841,0561,1611,310288
66B --7,000----
9903 20,99933,600-16,46225,18114,47221,65723,245
67/77 5,4226,53014619,991-4,1165,5494,913
9904 15,57627,071-16,6085,18918,58816,10818,332
9905 15,57627,071-16,6085,18918,58816,10818,332
Appropriation of the result
9906 15,57627,071-16,6085,18918,58816,10818,332
791/2 --16,608----
691/2 4,07610,600-5,18918,58816,10818,332
6920 ------4,583
6921 4,07610,600-5,18918,58816,10813,749
694/7 11,50016,471-----
694 11,50016,471-----
Document PDFPDFPDFPDFPDFPDFPDF

The notes to these accounts have 7 items, including the statement of assets and debts, the cost breakdown and rights and commitments. You find them in the filed accounts (PDF).

Source: Annual accounts 2024 (PDF), filed on 28-10-2025.

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Filings

each dot is a set of accounts, on the day it reached the National Bank
Financial year Type Filed Reference Document
31-12-2024 micro format 28-10-2025 2025-00550999 PDF
31-12-2023 micro format 15-10-2024 2024-00508753 PDF
31-12-2022 micro format 31-10-2023 2023-00500015 PDF
31-12-2021 micro format 31-10-2022 2022-20478508 PDF
31-12-2020 micro format 04-11-2021 2021-76500276 PDF
31-12-2019 micro format 30-11-2020 2020-74400100 PDF
31-12-2018 full format 26-09-2019 2019-67100341 PDF

Key figures and ratios

per financial year, computed from the annual accounts
Line Trend2024202320222021202020192018
22,22634,388----25,011
16,04427,379----19,810
1,4042,12613,000200--3,584
14,65452,137-34,64416,9996,1404,615-
63,54058,58349,80064,30359,31340,72519,166
----13.6%19.7%30.5%
56.7%54.1%62.8%69.9%94.3%60.7%75.3%
2.292.142.683.2516.892.473.74
0.760.850.590.430.060.650.33
24.1%44.7%-33.2%7.8%30.3%37.6%86.2%
13.7%24.1%-20.9%5.4%28.5%22.8%64.9%
28.2429.75-----
----132 days146 days72 days
----8 days6 days2 days

A Belgian filing has no cash-flow statement. Cash flow is therefore an approximation, derived from the income statement. Investment is the acquisitions in the notes and, without them, the balance-sheet move.

Investments

fixed assets acquired
Item2024202320222021
Tangible fixed assets€1,404€2,126€13,000-
Financial fixed assets---€200
€468€309--

Source: notes to the 2021 to 2024 annual accounts (statement of fixed assets)

Insights on DMS ENGINEERING

The operating result for 2024 is 36% lower than in 2023.

Debt's share of the balance-sheet total falls from 45.9% to 43.3%. Equity is higher and debt is lower.

Board & ownership

Board

1 director, no change since March 2018
DHAMEN Mohamed
Director
listed in the 2024 annual accounts, filed on 28-10-2025
Signing authorityThe articles say who may bind the company, for example by signing a contract.
“Article 11. Pouvoirs de l’organe d’administration S’il n’y a qu’un seul administrateur, la totalité des pouvoirs d’administration lui est…”
deed of 19-09-2024

Office holders in the KBO →

Mandates through the years

2 names, the dashed line is today
DHAMEN Mohamed
Director
DAHMEN Mohamed
Manager (not named in the articles)
BoardEarliermandate already running before its first mentionend not dated
Mandates as a list
  • DHAMEN Mohamed
    • Director, since before 31-12-2021
  • DAHMEN Mohamed
    • Manager (not named in the articles), appointed by deed of 16-03-2018, no longer listed in the 2024 annual accounts

See the board, name and registered office on a given date →

Control

See the annual accounts at the National Bank and the publications in the Belgian Official Gazette.

Capital

Contribution
€2,940
Source
2024 annual accounts

Articles of association

DurationMost companies exist for an unlimited period, until they are dissolved.
Unlimited
deed of 19-09-2024 (in French)
Transfer restrictionThis rule says whether shareholders may sell their shares freely or need approval first.
“Valeur fixée à dires d'expert choisi commun accord ou défaut Président Tribunal de l'Entreprise du siège, déduction faite des actions dont…”
deed of 19-09-2024 (in French)
Annual meetingThe shareholders approve the annual accounts, among other things, at the annual meeting.
30 June at 15:00
deed of 16-03-2018 (in French)
Statutory auditorA statutory auditor is a registered auditor who checks the annual accounts. Small companies need not have one. According to the deed, the legal criteria do not require one here.
No statutory auditor
deed of 16-03-2018 (in French)

Network & group

No group

DMS ENGINEERING has no parent and no holdings in its annual accounts. DHAMEN Mohamed is the only director. DMS ENGINEERING shares no director with another company.

At the same address

Rue Branche Planchard 23, 4420 Saint-Nicolas · 2 other companies
Stylianidis, Anarguyros (sole trader)
establishment since 01-04-2013
 founded in 2013
0524.949.251
Perin, Michaël (sole trader)
establishment since 18-04-2011
 founded in 2011
0835.602.243

Timeline

Timeline

15 events since 2018
2025
Registered in the Peppol Directory Reachable for e-invoices through 0208:0692553076
Annual accounts 2024 filed PDFmicro format · 89 days late
2024
Annual accounts 2023 filed PDFmicro format · 76 days late
Reappointment: DAHMEN Mohamed (director)Permanent representative: DAHMEN Mohamed · “Le conseil en engineering (consulting) au sens le plus large du terme; L’étude et la réalisation de tous…” (deed in French) · General meeting of 29-12-20236 points ▸
  • General meeting, 29-12-2023
  • Purpose change, “Le conseil en engineering (consulting) au sens le plus large du terme; L’étude et la réalisation de tous projets dans les matières électriques, mécaniques…” (deed in French)
  • Kind of shares, 10, 10
  • Director reappointment, DAHMEN Mohamed (director (not named in the articles))
  • Permanent representative, DAHMEN Mohamed
  • Registered office clause, rue Branche Planchard 23/1, 4420 Saint-Nicolas
  • The deed holds 8 more points.

Open the deed in the Belgian Official Gazette

2023
Back to profit net €27,071 The net result is €27,071, after one loss-making year.
Annual accounts 2022 filed PDFmicro format · 92 days late
2022
Weakest financial year net -€16,608 The net result drops to -€16,608, the lowest from 2018 to 2024. It recovers the following year.
Annual accounts 2021 filed PDFmicro format · 92 days late
2021
Annual accounts 2020 filed PDFmicro format · 96 days late
2020
Liquidity more than 6 times current ratio 16.89 The current ratio rises from 2.47 to 16.89. Short-term debt falls from €27,767 to €3,734.
Annual accounts 2019 filed PDFmicro format · 122 days late
2019
Annual accounts 2018 filed PDFfull format · 57 days late
Registered office moved from Grâce-Hollogne to Saint-nicolasNew registered office: rue Branche Planchard 23, bte 1 4420 Saint-nicolas · Previous registered office: rue Hayi 6 4460 GRACE HOLLOGNE · General meeting of 13-09-20182 points ▸
  • General meeting, 13-09-2018
  • Registered-office move, rue Branche Planchard 23, bte 1 4420 Saint-nicolas

Open the deed in the Belgian Official Gazette

2018
First establishment
IncorporationFounders: DAHMEN Mohamed and FGUIR Saoussen · Founding capital of €10, 10 shares · Appointment: DAHMEN Mohamed (manager) · published on 16-03-20184 points ▸
  • Founder, DAHMEN Mohamed
  • Founder, FGUIR Saoussen
  • Founding capital, €10, 10 shares
  • Director appointment, DAHMEN Mohamed (manager (not named in the articles))
  • The deed holds 2 more points.

Open the deed in the Belgian Official Gazette

Financial milestones sit on the financial year-end date, not the filing date.

Sources: Publications in the Belgian Official GazetteFilings with the National Bank

History

DMS ENGINEERING was incorporated on 14 March 2018.1 The registered office was moved to Saint-nicolas in 2019.2 DHAMEN Mohamed is director of the company according to the 2024 annual accounts.3 Turnover grew from €77,040 in 2018 to €112,200 in 2020.4

  1. 1KBO register
  2. 2Belgian Official Gazette, 14-02-2019
  3. 3National Bank, annual accounts 2024
  4. 4National Bank, annual accounts 2018 and 2020

Company details

Identity

Enterprise number
0692.553.076
VAT number
BE 0692.553.076
Peppol ID
0208:0692553076
Legal form
Private limited company
Status
Active, normal situation
Founded
14-03-2018
Financial year
ends on 31 December
Annual meetingThe shareholders approve the annual accounts, among other things, at the annual meeting.
30 June at 15:00
deed of 16-03-2018 (in French)
Peppol
Reachable since 12-12-2025Follow this company and you will hear the next morning if it leaves the Peppol register.
Name
DMS ENGINEERING in French
Entity type
Legal entity
DurationMost companies exist for an unlimited period, until they are dissolved.
Unlimited
deed of 19-09-2024 (in French)

Activities

NACEBEL 2025
VAT activities
71121 Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors main activity
Social security (RSZ) activities
71121 Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors main activity
Codes under NACEBEL 2008
71121 Engineering activities main activity
PurposeThe purpose describes the activities the company may carry out under its articles.
“Le conseil en engineering (consulting) au sens le plus large du terme; L’étude et la réalisation de tous projets dans les matières…”
4 activities
  1. Le conseil en engineering (consulting) au sens le plus large du terme
  2. L’étude et la réalisation de tous projets dans les matières électriques, mécaniques, hydrauliques dans les domaines spatiales, ferroviaires, maritimes, tertiaires et automobile
  3. Direction des projets
  4. La vente matériels électriques, électroniques, hydrauliques et mécaniques
deed of 19-09-2024 (in French)

Registered office and establishments

1 establishment
Establishment Since Unit number
Rue Branche Planchard 23 registered office 4420 Saint-Nicolas
DMS ENGINEERING 01-04-2018 2.278.939.180
1 former office
  • rue Hayi 6, 4460 Grace Hollogne until 13-09-2018 · deed of 14-02-2019

Buildings and parcels at the addresses

Ground area
6,642 m²
Buildings
255 m²
Volume, LiDAR
3,365 m³
Tallest building
15.9 m
Buildings to scale, each on its own parcel
255 m², 15.9 m 255 m², 15.9 m

Location

registered office establishment The establishment unit on the map
3 companies at this address See who is registered here

Parcels

Cadastral parcelArea Buildings Height / floors
62814C0393/00V0024,768 m² - -
62073B0135/00P0001,874 m² 1 · 255 m² 15.9 m · 4

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