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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Consultation with the State

Article L1311-9

…authority when they are pursued by local authorities, their groupings and their public establishments. The provisions of the first paragraph do not apply to local public establishments approved to car…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Consultation with the State

Article L1311-12

The opinion of the competent State authority is deemed to have been given at the end of a period of one month from the date of referral to that authority.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Consultation with the State

Article L1311-10

These proposed property transactions include: 1° Leases, amicable agreements and agreements of any kind for the purpose of renting buildings of any kind for an annual rent, including charges, equal to…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2a: International assistance with recovery

Article 349 octies

Officials of the administrations of the other Member States, duly authorised by the requesting authority through a written mandate and authorised by the French administration, may assist the administr…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2a: International assistance with recovery

Article 349 ter

…harges relating to claims which may be the subject of a request for mutual assistance in accordance with 1° which have been imposed by the administrative authorities responsible for the collection of…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2a: International assistance with recovery

Article 349 quinquies

…ntrusted to the competent customs accounting officer. II - These claims are recovered in accordance with the procedures applicable to claims of the same nature arising on national territory and intere…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2a: International assistance with recovery

Article 349 quater

…e information where the request relates to claims that have been outstanding for more than five years. This time limit does not apply when an initial request has been made before this deadline. The ti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Consultation with elected representatives

Article L1434-15

…esentative, the presidents of the department's public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status and at least five mayors from the department designated by the departmenta…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Compliance with environmental obligations

Article 122-18

…transport of people and goods and waste management.The carbon footprint is calculated in accordance with a benchmark set by decision of the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image ani…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Compliance with social obligations

Article 122-10

In accordance with the…

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