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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Transporting and receiving the body

Article R1261-3

…date of death without it being necessary to comply with the conditions laid down in articles R. 2213-33 and R. 2213-35 of the General Local Authorities Code. The costs of transporting the body are fu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Scope, quality limits and references.

Article R1321-3

Water intended for human consumption must comply with quality standards, covering microbiological, physico-chemical and radiological parameters, established for the purposes of monitoring water produc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions and testing programmes

Article R1322-39

Monitoring is the responsibility of the operator and includes any operation to check compliance with the legislative and regulatory provisions relating to the water in question.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Appointment.

Article R742-30

The Minister of Justice may decide, within the jurisdiction of a commercial court and with the agreement of the court clerk or at his request, to create one or more branch registries. The decision lay…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Fire and rescue services

Article R1424-34

Communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation that have a fire brigade serving a first response centre retain responsibility for the expenses relating to the volunteer firefighters…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Fire and rescue services

Article R1424-37

…prefect may dissolve the brigade by order issued after consulting the departmental director of fire and rescue services and the deliberative body of the commune or public establishment for inter-commu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Fire and rescue services

Article R1424-33

Local fire and rescue services, organised into first response centres primarily responsible for rescue missions, are the responsibility of municipalities or public establishments for inter-municipal c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Fire and rescue services

Article R1424-35

The communal or inter-communal fire brigades of the local fire and rescue services are placed under the authority of a corps chief.The first intervention centres are placed under the authority of a ce…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Fire and rescue services

Article R1424-36

…ic establishment for inter-communal cooperation so requests, after receiving the assent of the fire and rescue service's board of directors. The need for this creation must be established by the depar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article R1612-31

…rating section in the case of a group of municipalities with a total of 20,000 inhabitants or more, and 10% in the case of a group of municipalities with a total of less than 20,000 inhabitants or ano…

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