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Showing 19711980 of 61015 articles for Art. n° 19-23187 and Cass. com. 24 January 2018

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-19-4

Any person required to connect to the sewerage system and who obtains all or part of their water supply from a source that is not part of a public service must declare this to the town hall.In the eve…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Schedule.

Article R123-199-1

The words "related party" and "related party transactions" have the same meaning as defined by the international accounting standards adopted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2238/2004 of 29 December…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors

Article L1424-24-2

…ted by the departmental council from among its members within four months of its renewal. Lists of candidates must be composed alternately of one candidate of each sex. The list with the most votes is…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3a: Appeals to the Paris Court of Appeal against notifications made by the Competition Authority

Article R464-24-10

…nt is a natural person, the applicant's surname, forenames, profession, domicile, nationality, date and place of birth and, where applicable, the company's unique identification number; if the applica…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation

Article R1123-19-1

…port. The Committee's decisions are adopted by a simple majority of the members present. The voting and tie-breaking conditions set out in article R. 1123-12 apply. II. - Before 7th November of the ca…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation

Article R1123-19-3

…ency set up as an accounting group under the conditions laid down inarticle 188 of decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management. An order of the ministers resp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation

Article R1123-19-2

The Chairman of the Personal Data Protection Committee is the authorising officer for expenditure and revenue.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-19-8

…the part of the non-collective sanitation fee that relates to the inspection of the design, siting and proper execution of the installations is invoiced to the owner of the building.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-19-3

…onsumption is calculated on a flat-rate basis, pursuant to the third paragraph of I of article L. 2224-12-4, sanitation fees may also be calculated on a flat-rate basis.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-19-7

The collection, excluding contentious procedures, of charges for water consumption and charges for collective and non-collective sanitation may be entrusted to the same body, which will show the detai…

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