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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Openings, mutations and transfers.

Article L3332-17

The powers vested in the Minister of the Interior by article L. 3332-16 are exercised by the Minister for Overseas Territories in the territorial collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Openings, mutations and transfers.

Article L3332-7

…ng of a new outlet: 1° If it is carried out by the owner of the business or his successors in title and if it does not increase the number of existing outlets in the said municipality; 2° If it is not…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Openings, mutations and transfers.

Article L3332-1

…lic house may not be opened in municipalities where the total number of establishments of this type and 4th category establishments reaches or exceeds the proportion of one public house per 450 inhabi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Openings, mutations and transfers.

Article L3332-8

…f the closure, which must be specially declared to the town hall of the commune in the départements and to the Préfecture de Police in Paris ; 2° In a new building, within three months of the reconstr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Openings, mutations and transfers.

Article L3332-15

1. The representative of the State in the département may order the closure of pubs and restaurants for a period not exceeding six months, following breaches of the laws and regulations relating to th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Openings, mutations and transfers.

Article L3332-5

Articles L. 3332-3 to L. 3332-4-1 are not applicable in the départements of Haut-Rhin, Bas-Rhin and Moselle. In these departments, article 33 of the local professional code of 26 July 1900 remains in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Openings, mutations and transfers.

Article L3332-11

…ate representative in the département. The mayor of the municipality where the premises are located and the mayor of the municipality to which the premises are being transferred must be consulted. Whe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Openings, mutations and transfers.

Article L3332-3

Any person wishing to open a café, cabaret or on-trade public house and sell alcohol there must make a written declaration at least fifteen days in advance, stating :1° Surname, first names, place of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-4-6

…contract, under the conditions provided for in I of article 3 of order no. 2014-696 of 26 June 2014 and its application procedures, are stated in the document formalising the initial conversion reques…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-4-7

…formation document.Annex to article A. 132-4-7 of the Insurance CodeDrafting model :NameAddressName and address of the insurerDateContract referenceSubject: Exercise of the option to reverse my decisi…

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