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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L224-40

Where a fixed-term contract for electronic communications services provides for its automatic extension, the consumer shall have the right to terminate the contract at any time from the date of the ex…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L224-42

Information on the conditions and procedures for cancelling services and, where appropriate, returning equipment, shall be communicated to the consumer in a direct, easily accessible manner and withou…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-47

…their jurisdiction over the recruitment and management of the personnel referred to in articles L. 1424-9, L. 1424-10 and L. 1424-11 until the date of entry into force of the agreement concluded with…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-48

…de secours, the departmental fire and rescue service whose creation is provided for in Article L. 1424-1 is automatically substituted for the departmental fire and rescue service referred to in Artic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-49

…l-de-Marne, which remain governed by the texts specific to them, with the exception of Articles L. 1424-2 and L. 1424-4-1 as well as article L. 1424-42, for the application of which the functions entr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-45

…en l'absence de schéma départemental d'analyse et de couverture des risques prévu à l'article L. 1424-7, be assigned to a fire and rescue centre belonging, on the same date, to another local authori…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-42

…cue operations that are directly related to their public service missions as defined in article L. 1424-2. I.-The fire and rescue services are only obliged to carry out rescue operations that are dire…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-44

The departmental fire and rescue service must have within five years of the promulgation of the loi n° 96-369 du 3 mai 1996 relative aux services d'incendie et de secours : 1° A departmental fire and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-46

…itoriales et de leurs groupements, fixe la répartition des sièges mentionnés au 2° de l'article L. 1424-24 entre les conseillers généraux, les maires et les présidents d'établissements publics de coop…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-40

The provisions of this chapter do not preclude any of the powers conferred on joint bodies by the laws and regulations relating to the local civil service.

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