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Showing 29112920 of 3518 articles for Art. CE 30 Dec 2010 n° 338197

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

Article L2224-12-4

…clude an amount calculated independently of this volume on the basis of the fixed costs of the service and the characteristics of the connection, in particular the number of dwellings served.This amou…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article L1111-9-1

I. - In each region, the territorial conference on public action is responsible for promoting the concerted exercise of the competences of territorial authorities, their groupings and their public est…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article R641-1

…sions of the regulatory part of this Code are applicable to Wallis and Futuna:1° Book I, with the exception of the second paragraph of Article R. 112-4, Articles R. 162-2, R. 162-3 and R. 162-7 ;Artic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the tax

Article 208 D

…ion in cash to the initial capital or to capital increases of companies having their registered office in a State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Econo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Unit-linked life assurance or capitalisation contracts.

Article R131-1

…rules:1° The outstanding commitments expressed in units of account covered by point 4 of I do not exceed 10% of the total outstanding commitments of the contract;2° The outstanding commitments express…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R442-2

…his chapter, the following provisions shall apply to Saint-Barthélemy in the wording resulting from decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below. Applicable art…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-28-3

…blishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax system and its member municipalities may decide, by concordant deliberations of the deliberative body of the public establishment and of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2223-24

…3-23: 1° If they have been convicted by a final judgment of a suspended or unsuspended prison sentence, listed in bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record, for a crime or one of the following offences: -…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Combating alcoholism and smoking.

Article L3822-4

…t apply;2° Article L. 3512-4 is amended as follows:a) The words: "sale of a tobacco product at a price lower than that approved in accordance with Article 572 of the General Tax Code" are replaced by…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: MEDIATION

Article L611-1

…National dispute: a dispute of a contractual nature between a consumer and a seller or supplier concerning the performance of a contract of sale or provision of services, where, at the time the contr…

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