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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2253-3

…securities mentioned in article L. 2253-2 are held in registered form or represented by registered certificates.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Energy

Article L2224-35

…public electricity distribution network overhead line support shall, if this overhead line is replaced by an underground line at the initiative of the aforementioned local authority or institution, t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Heat and cooling distribution

Article L2224-38

…blic heating or cooling network. This activity constitutes an industrial and commercial public service, managed according to the procedures defined in section 1 of this chapter. This responsibility ma…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Declaration of a plot as abandoned

Article L2243-3

…blic. The mayor refers the matter to the municipal council, which decides whether to declare the parcel to be in a state of manifest abandonment and to proceed with its expropriation for the benefit o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Energy

Article L2224-32

…a reduction in atmospheric pollution.The provisions of the previous paragraph apply without prejudice to the maintenance of production activities existing on the date of publication of the aforementi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Energy

Article L2224-33

…icle L. 2224-31 may develop, operate directly or have operated by their electricity distribution concessionaire any local electricity production facility with a capacity below a threshold set by decre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External fire protection

Article L2225-3

…public or private person responsible for this network are paid for by the public external fire defence service.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Economic aid

Article L2251-3

When private initiative is lacking or insufficient to ensure the creation or maintenance of a service required to meet the needs of the population in a rural area or in a municipality comprising one o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Energy

Article L2224-37

…dequate offer on their territory, municipalities may create and maintain charging infrastructures necessary for the use of electric or rechargeable hybrid vehicles or dockside vessels, as well as gas…

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

Article L2241-3

When the communes and their public establishments make amicable property acquisitions in accordance with the rules of civil law, or when the acquisition takes place by auction, the notary drafting the…

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