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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Funeral homes (R).

Article D2223-87

When the creation or extension of the funeral home has been authorised under the conditions provided for in Article R. 2223-74, its opening to the public is subject to compliance with the requirements…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Funeral homes (R).

Article D2223-83

The technical area comprises at least as many refrigerated compartments as there are display rooms. Each refrigerated compartment enables a temperature of between 0° and 5° C to be maintained at all t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Funeral homes (R).

Article R2223-88

…3-77 and that this burial chamber includes, in compliance with the provisions of l'article L. 2223-38, a room where the other services of the external funeral service are offered to families, the mana…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Funeral homes (R).

Article D2223-81

…uring mechanism. The fixed partitions of the display rooms provide acoustic insulation of at least 38 decibels (A) with regard to internal airborne noise and 30 decibels (A) with regard to external ai…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-8

The public enquiry prior to the delimitation of the zones mentioned in article L. 2224-10 is conducted by the mayor or the president of the competent public establishment for inter-communal cooperatio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Rules and procedures

Article R2225-8

I. - The works and developments for which a request is made under article L. 2225-3 for external fire defence to the public or private person responsible for the water network contributing to it must…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Expenditure by communes and groups of communes for municipal secondary and special education establishments (R).

Article D2321-8

…nd operation of secondary and special education establishments that were municipal on 1st January 1986, the date of transfer of responsibility, as well as their sports teaching annexes is, in the abse…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Publicity of budgets and accounts

Article R2313-8

The documents mentioned in the penultimate paragraph of article L. 2313-1 are made available online on the commune's website, where one exists, under conditions guaranteeing:1° Their full accessibilit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article D2311-8

The articles D. 2311-2 to D. 2311-7 are not applicable to public offices for low-income housing.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Rural solidarity grant.

Article R2334-8

The amount received by a municipality under 1° of article L. 2334-22 is equal to the product of its population multiplied by the relative difference between the average per capita financial potential…

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