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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Collection, control, penalties and litigation relating to tourist tax

Article L2333-34-1

…article L. 2333-34 within the prescribed period will result in the application of a fine of up to €12,500 but not less than €750. Omissions or inaccuracies in the same declaration will result in the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption of the budget

Article L2312-1

…he Town Council, under the conditions set out in the rules of procedure provided for in article L. 2121-8. This debate is recorded in a specific resolution. In municipalities with more than 10,000 inh…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L2241-3

When the communes and their public establishments make amicable property acquisitions in accordance with the rules of civil law, or when the acquisition takes place by auction, the notary drafting the…

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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 General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Economic aid

Article L2251-2

…may grant aid under the conditions set out in Title I of Book V of Part One and in article L. 2253-1.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Declaration of a plot as abandoned

Article L2243-1-1

Within the perimeter of a territorial revitalisation operation, the manifest abandonment of part of a building is established when works have blocked access to this part. The procedure provided for in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER ONE

Article L2231-1

…liberative assembly are published under the conditions set out in the last paragraph of article L. 2131-1.. Within fifteen days of their publication, they are forwarded to the representatives of the S…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L2241-5

…on establishments for the elderly decide on the allocation of buildings are governed by article L. 315-12 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Service regulations and pricing

Article L2224-12-4

…of this decree. This paragraph is not applicable to the tourist communes referred to in article L. 133-11 of the Tourism Code.However, on an exceptional basis, when water resources are abundant and a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Service regulations and pricing

Article L2224-12-3-1

…ayment of water supplies or related collective charges mentioned in article 6 of law no. 90-449 of 31 May 1990 aimed at implementing the right to housing.An agreement signed with the manager of the ho…

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