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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Hygiene of buildings and built-up areas.

Article L1331-10

…xed syndicate, after receiving an opinion from the public body responsible for wastewater transport and treatment and for downstream sludge treatment, if this body is different. The latter has two mon…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Hygiene of buildings and built-up areas.

Article L1331-1

Buildings must be connected to the public sewerage system designed to receive domestic wastewater and laid under the public road to which they have access, either directly or via private roads or righ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Hygiene of buildings and built-up areas.

Article L1331-13

…In accordance with article L. 321-2 of the Environment Code, future urbanisation zones may only be urbanised subject to the exi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Hygiene of buildings and built-up areas.

Article L1331-17

…f the Regional Health Agency will carry out a survey of the sanitary conditions in the municipality and communicate the results to the State representative in the département.If this survey establishe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to hazardous substances and mixtures.

Article L1342-1

…up a single declaration in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-10

In insurances where the premium is deducted either on the basis of salaries or on the basis of the number of persons or things covered by the contract, it may be stipulated that, for any error or omis…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-15

The duration of the contract must be clearly stated in the font. The policy must also state that the tacit renewal period may under no circumstances exceed one year.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-17

The insurer who takes over the management of a lawsuit brought against the insured is also deemed to waive all defences of which it was aware when it took over the management of the lawsuit.The insure…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-16

…ract may be cancelled by either party if it covers risks directly related to the previous situation and which are not covered by the new situation.The contract may only be cancelled within three month…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-1

Loss and damage caused by fortuitous events or by the fault of the insured shall be borne by the insurer, unless expressly excluded to a limited extent in the policy. However, the insurer is not liabl…

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