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Showing 7180 of 58366 articles for Art. Ord. 2014-86 of 30 January 2014 · Loi 2015-990 of 6 August 2015

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the fire and rescue service of the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy

Article L1424-86

The fire and rescue service is placed for employment under the authority of the president of the territorial council or the representative of the State, acting within the framework of their respective…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 11: Charges for the transport and distribution of electricity and gas and the transport of hydrocarbons and chemicals by pipeline

Article L2333-86

The fees referred to in article L. 2333-84 are subject to the five-year statute of limitations which begins to run from the date on which they became due. The four-year limitation period instituted by…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions relating to the first fraction (R).

Article R1614-86

…ment for inter-municipal cooperation or department receiving the grant informs the regional prefect of the start and completion of the operation..

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Budget (R)

Article R2221-86

The operating section or forecast income statement shows successively: - under income: operating income, financial income and exceptional income; - under expenses: operating expenses, financial expens…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Funeral homes (R).

Article D2223-86

…g either French standards or the standards or technical specifications laid down in the regulations of a Member State of the European Union or of a State party to the Agreement establishing the Europe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 8: Payment to finance mobility services

Article D2333-86

Investment and operating expenses for any action falling within the remit of the mobility organising authorities within the meaning of articles L. 1231-1 and L. 1231-1-1 of the Transport Code, includi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Keeping the register

Article ANNEXE, art. 30-6

Documents attached to the association's declarations are kept in an attached file or on electronic media.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Consequential acts

Article 862

Notaries, bailiffs, registrars and other public officers, lawyers and administrative authorities may not make or draw up a deed by virtue of or as a consequence of a deed compulsorily subject to regis…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
5°: Bailiffs

Article 866

With the exception of deeds in criminal matters and deeds from lawyer to lawyer, bailiffs are required to draw up their deeds and minutes in two originals; one, exempt from all tax formalities, is giv…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Opinion of the college and compensation offer

Article R1142-63-30

…cle L. 1142-24-12, the College shall rule on whether the damage is attributable to the prescription of sodium valproate or one of its derivatives during pregnancy and on the liabilities incurred. For…

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