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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Distribution and transmission of electricity (R).

Article R3333-6

The fees payable to the départements for the occupation of the public domain by all the works established by a private individual by virtue of permissions de voirie or by all the works constituting a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Gas distribution and transport (R).

Article R3333-12

The fees payable to the départements for the occupation of their public domain by gas transmission and distribution structures, as well as by individual gas pipelines, are set by the département counc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Distribution and transmission of electricity (R).

Article R3333-4

The fee due each year to a department for the occupation of the departmental public domain by the works of the public electricity transmission and distribution networks is set by the departmental coun…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Distribution and transmission of electricity (R).

Article R3333-4-1

The fees payable each year to a department for the temporary occupation of its public domain by work sites on public electricity transmission network structures are set by the general council under th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Distribution and transmission of electricity (R).

Article R3333-5

Where the works of the public electricity transmission and distribution networks, located on the territory of the department, are operated by separate legal entities, the overall amount of the fee, se…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Banknotes.

Article R122-8

Credit institutions and, within the limits of their payment activity or the issuing and management of electronic money, other payment service providers and issuers of electronic money, as well as any…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Community liabilities

Article 1411

…rty which belonged to their debtor on the day of the marriage or which fell to him by succession or gift has been merged into the common patrimony and can no longer be identified according to the rule…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian.

Article D214-32-4-2

…ement company, of an agreement complying with the standards set out in Article 26 of the OECD Model Tax Convention on Income and on Capital and guaranteeing an exchange of information on tax matters,…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 5: The Standing Conference on Women's Sport

Article D142-39

…to the organisation of sport in France, as well as on any draft European Union act or international convention relating to the practice of sport.The Standing Conference on Women's Sport includes in it…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Urban solidarity and social cohesion grant.

Article R2334-5

…mentioned in 2° and 3° of article L. 2334-17 is equal to the number of items on the general housing tax roll, excluding non-attached built outbuildings, in the year preceding the financial year during…

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