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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Household and other waste

Article L2224-16

The mayor defines the rules relating to the collection of waste collected pursuant to articles L. 2224-13 and L. 2224-14 according to its characteristics. He shall impose separate collection arrangeme…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Household and other waste

Article L2224-13

Municipalities, the Lyon metropolitan area or public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation are responsible, possibly in conjunction with the départements and regions, for the collection and t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Heat and cooling distribution

Article L2224-38

I.-Municipalities are responsible for creating and operating a public heating or cooling network. This activity constitutes an industrial and commercial public service, managed according to the proced…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Participation in guarantee companies

Article L2253-7

As an exception to the provisions of article L. 2253-1, a municipality, alone or with other local authorities, may participate in the capital of a credit institution or a finance company in the form o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Household and other waste

Article L2224-17-1

The public waste prevention and management service is subject to cost accounting.The mayor or the president of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation presents, respectively, to the mu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Household and other waste

Article L2224-15

The scope of services relating to the services provided for in articles L. 2224-13 et L. 2224-14 is set by the municipalities or their groupings as part of the waste prevention and management plans pr…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Withdrawal clause in return for compensation.

Article 1512

The marriage contract may set valuation bases and terms for payment of any balance. Taking these clauses into account and failing agreement between the parties, the value of the property will be set b…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Withdrawal clause in return for compensation.

Article 1513

The right of withdrawal lapses if the beneficiary spouse has not exercised it by notifying the other spouse or his or her heirs within one month of the day on which the latter gave him or her formal n…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Withdrawal clause in return for compensation.

Article 1514

The levy is a division transaction: the property levied is set off against the beneficiary spouse's share; if its value exceeds that share, a balance is payable. The spouses may agree that the compens…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Withdrawal clause in return for compensation.

Article 1511

The spouses may stipulate that the survivor of either of them, or one of them if he or she survives, or even one of them in all cases of dissolution of the community, shall have the option of taking c…

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