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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operations following death (R)

Article R2213-3

Any biocidal product intended for the conservation care of the body of a deceased person is authorised by the Agence nationale chargée de la sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External fire protection

Article R2225-3

I. - A departmental regulation sets out the rules, systems and procedures for external fire defence for each department.The purpose of these regulations is in particular to:1° Characterise the differe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article R2321-3

For the application of 8° of article L. 2331-8, provisions do not give rise to the entry of appropriations in the investment section of the budget. However, the municipal council may, by means of a sp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Dotation d'équipement des territoires ruraux (rural amenities grant)

Article R2334-31

The Prefect will request the repayment of all or part of the subsidy in the following cases:a) If the allocation of the subsidised investment has been modified without his authorisation before the exp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Dotation d'équipement des territoires ruraux (rural amenities grant)

Article R2334-30

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operations.

Article R518-38

The Caisse des dépôts et consignations is responsible for the sums deposited, for which it issues receipts. The voluntary depositor must, on the same receipt and by a declaration signed by him, elect…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operations.

Article R518-33

Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations employees may only refuse to remit amounts claimed in the following cases: 1° On the basis of opposition in their hands, either on the generality of the deposit, or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operations.

Article R518-36

These voluntary deposits may only be made in Paris and in the form of legal tender coins or banknotes.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operations.

Article R518-39

Voluntary deposits shall be returned to the depositor, his authorised representative or his successors in title at the time agreed in the deed of deposit or, if no time has been agreed, upon presentat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operations.

Article R518-31

The consignment receipts issued in Paris by the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations and, outside Paris, by its agents, briefly state the rulings, judgments, acts or causes giving rise to the said consi…

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