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

Article R2213-12

When the conditions mentioned in article R. 2213-8 or R. 2213-8-1 are not fulfilled, the body may only be transported after committal and under the conditions set out in articles R. 2213-15 to R. 2213…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Contributions and taxes other than those provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L3333-2

…amount is multiplied by the ratio between this coefficient and the coefficient applied in 2021.From 2023, the amount of the departmental share is equal to the amount received in respect of the previou…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Infringements relating to Regulation (EU) No 260/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 establishing technical and commercial requirements for credit transfers and direct debits in euro and amending Regulation (EC) No 924/2009

Article L362-1

Failure to comply with Article 5(d)(3) and (8) and Articles 8 and 9 of Regulation (EU) No 260/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 establishing technical and commercial…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist tax and flat-rate tourist tax

Article L2333-34

I. - Lodgers, hoteliers, owners or intermediaries mentioned in Article L. 2333-33 pay, on the dates set by deliberation of the town council, under their responsibility, to the town's assigning public…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Openings, mutations and transfers.

Article L3332-13

…to his general police powers, the mayor may by decree set a time period, which may not begin before 8 p.m. and may not end after 8 a.m., during which the takeaway sale of alcoholic beverages within th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article L512-6

…mentioned in article L. 512-5 are also for residential use, checks may only be carried out between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. and, if the occupant objects, with the authorisation of the liberty and custody ju…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE TITLE: THE CONGRESS OF DEPARTMENTAL AND REGIONAL ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES

Article R5914-1

…ntatives of the departments mentioned in article L. 5911-1 meets, the articles R. 3123-1 to R. 3123-8 and R. 4135-1 to R. 4135-8 are applicable to departmental councillors and regional councillors res…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Voluntary termination of pregnancy

Article L2432-1

The provisions of articles L. 2212-1, L. 2212-7 and L. 2212-8 (first paragraph) are applicable in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories. For the application of the first paragraph of article L…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-34-1

…ate of the European Union; 3° "EU State aid rules" means all the rules laid down by Articles 107, 108 and 109 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and by the regulations and all acts…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The director of the sports resources, expertise and performance centre

Article R114-11

The centres are managed by a director assisted by one or more deputy directors, appointed under the conditions set out in the second paragraph of article L. 114-11 and decree no. 2015-633 of 5 June 20…

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